Justice 1 Committee, 17 Dec 2003
Meeting date: Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Official Report
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
Agenda item 3 is on alternative dispute resolution; members have a note that has been prepared by the clerk. The committee agreed to respond to the European Commission on alternative dispute resolution. At our meeting on 12 November, when we questioned the Commission directly, we were invited to make a submission and we agreed that we would do so. The draft paper is helpful and it sets out several areas that members have raised in their questioning.
The main point is that we should make a submission and get into the system. We might not agree with every dot and comma, but some broad areas of agreement have emerged. We will return to the subject, so the option to go into more detail at a later date is not shut down. As there are no objections to the draft paper, are members happy to agree to the response?
Members indicated agreement.