The final agenda item is consideration of the committee’s draft annual report to the Parliament for the year 11 May 2013 to 10 May 2014. Members will know that all committee reports follow a standard format as agreed by the Conveners Group.
Members have the draft report. It looks like a straightforward account of what we have done. I could not see a reference to the plenary debate that we had on organ donation. I could be wrong on that point but, if not, I suggest that we add that. The sessions that we had with the Lombardy delegation, with John Wilson and Chic Brodie, were also useful. The clerk can advise me whether it is appropriate to add them.
Convener, will you remind me when we went to Stornoway?
That was in the previous year.
That is fine.
It is important that we consider how to promote the committees as well as we can. If the committee does something unusual, different or innovative, we should reflect that in the annual report.
I was very impressed with the work that the Conveners Group has done on changing the marketing and presentation of general committee reports. We will get that in due course. It was a huge improvement on the rather staid approach. That is no reflection on the clerks’ work on reports; it is just that the approach was a bit old-fashioned and the new approach is much better.
Do members have any changes to the draft annual report, or are they happy with it?
I know that the paragraph on inquiries and reports is a report of what we have done, but the petition on child sexual exploitation left an indelible mark on me and others and there is no comment about that. We should do more on it.
I agree with Mr Brodie. Perhaps we can beef up the section on what we did, because that was a huge inquiry. The clerk will circulate a form of words. Do members agree to that?
Members indicated agreement.
I close the meeting and ask members to stay behind for 30 seconds.
Meeting closed at 12:23.Previous
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