Justice and Home Affairs Committee, 22 Sep 1999
Meeting date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999
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Scottish Parliament Justice and Home Affairs Committee Wednesday 22 September 1999 (Morning)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 09:39]
I am sorry for the slightly late start. We are not accustomed to holding committee meetings in the chamber and the organisation is rather different. I welcome everybody to the meeting.
There are one or two small items on the agenda of which we need to dispose before we move on to the major items, which involve the witnesses. I hope that the witnesses will bear with us for a few minutes while we do a little housekeeping.
First, I suggest that we take item 3 on the agenda—future business—in private, for half an hour around noon. We have to discuss, in some detail, the evidence that we have heard so far in both of the issues that we are investigating. We need to make some practical decisions about how to take those issues forward. I cannot make a decision to meet in private; the committee must agree that that is appropriate.
I think that that is an excellent suggestion.
We will schedule that part of the meeting for 12 pm. I hope that we will have got through the remainder of the business in sufficient time to allow us 30 minutes for that discussion.