Health and Sport Committee, 18 Nov 2009
Meeting date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Official Report
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Alcohol Misuse (Legislation)
Without a pause for breath, we move straight on to agenda item 3, which is on the approach to forthcoming proposals for legislation. I ask members to look at paper HS/S3/09/30/3 from the clerk. As members will be aware, it is expected that the forthcoming bill on tackling alcohol misuse in Scotland will be introduced in the Parliament shortly and that this committee will be appointed lead committee. We move from cigarettes to alcohol—is there no end to the excitement for us? Where next?
The paper invites us to agree to instruct the clerks to issue a call for written evidence following introduction of the bill; to consider in private possible candidates for oral evidence following consideration of the written evidence that is received; to delegate to me responsibility for arranging for the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to pay, under rule 12.4.3 of standing orders, any witness expenses in respect of consideration of the bill; and to consider in private drafts of our stage 1 report on the bill. Those are our usual practices. Do members agree to do all that?
Members indicated agreement.
Meeting closed at 12:33.