Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Official Report
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Reporter (European Union)
Item 2 is the appointment of a European Union reporter. The role of the reporter will be to act as a conduit between this committee and the Scottish Parliament’s European and External Relations Committee. The reporter is supposed to act as an EU champion and to have early engagement in EU matters or where EU law impinges on the work of the committee.
In December, the Parliament agreed on a plan for EU engagement, and it was thought then that each committee ought to have an EU reporter. It struck me in 2009—when we did the banking inquiry—that that was not a bad idea. Two particular directives jumped out at that point—one called the hedge fund directive and one called solvency II. Both those directives impinged very much on financial services in Scotland. On the basis of the fact that he was on the committee at that time and has knowledge of one or two of the directives that will affect us, I nominate Stuart McMillan as our EU reporter. Is the committee amenable to that?
Members indicated agreement.
I assume that Stuart McMillan is happy to be the reporter.
Yes, I am.
Thank you.