Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee, 15 Nov 2000

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 15, 2000

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Scottish Parliament Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee Wednesday 15 November 2000 (Morning)

[The Deputy Convener opened the meeting at 10:03]

Welcome to this meeting of the Social Inclusion, Housing and Voluntary Sector Committee. We have apologies from Keith Raffan and Robert Brown.

I welcome Sandra White to her first meeting of the committee and ask her to declare any relevant interests.

I have no interests to declare.

I ask members to agree to take in private item 4, which deals with questions to witnesses, item 8, which deals with the drugs inquiry, item 9, which deals with the committee's work programme, and item 10, which deals with the petition on asylum seekers. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

I also ask members to agree to take in private items at our meetings on 15, 22 and 29 November and 6 December relating to the questioning of witnesses. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

We will now move into private session to consider our questions for the witnesses from Age Concern Scotland.

Meeting continued in private.

Meeting resumed in public.