Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee, 15 Sep 1999
Meeting date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999
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Scottish Parliament Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee Wednesday 15 September 1999 (Morning)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:40]
I apologise to the public for keeping them waiting. We have just had a private meeting that ran over. It has been agreed that, if the committee has private meetings in the future, they will be publicised in advance so that the public is not left hanging about outside for half an hour.
Welcome to everyone who joins us for the formal part of the meeting. I can formally tell those of you who have the happy task of reading the reports of this committee that we have decided that the committee will produce action plans. For future meetings, we will be reminded of our decisions and action plans will be drawn up after them. We have a substantial agenda today, and our plan is to run through items 2, 3 and 4. That will take us up to around 11:15. We will then have a short break before moving to the questioning of the ministers.