Education and Culture Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Official Report 421KB pdf

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Appointment of European Union Reporter

The third item on the agenda is the appointment of a committee member to serve as European Union reporter. The reporter’s role is to act as the champion for EU matters in the committee, and further details are provided in the accompanying paper.

As members know, Claire Baker, who has left the committee, was our previous EU reporter. As well as inviting nominations for the position, I also invite any volunteers to make themselves known.

As there are no volunteers and given that the previous deputy convener took on the role, I nominate the current deputy convener, Neil Findlay.

Merci. [Laughter.]

Do you mean “Merci” or “Mercy”?

I take your response as a yes, Neil. If there are no other nominations, I invite the committee to agree that Neil Findlay will be the Education and Culture Committee’s EU reporter.

Members indicated agreement.

Congratulations, Neil.

The committee has agreed to take the next item in private, so we now move into private session.

11:45 Meeting continued in private until 12:15.