Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Official Report 494KB pdf

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European Union (Priorities and Engagement 2011-12)

The committee will now review its European Union priorities and a report on its EU engagement activity in 2011-12. Members will recall that we agreed our list of EU priorities earlier this year and that they were debated in the chamber along with the priorities of other committees. Paper 6 includes two annexes that have been prepared by the committee’s former EU reporter, Aileen McLeod. I thank Aileen for her work throughout her time as the EU reporter. Given her background in Europe, that work has been invaluable.

The paper provides a useful handover to our next EU reporter, who will be appointed at our next meeting. The committee is invited to note Aileen McLeod’s update on each of our EU priorities, which is in annex A. Are members content to note the update report?

Members indicated agreement.

Annex B is a report on the committee’s EU engagement during the past year. The European and External Relations Committee has asked all committees to submit a report on their EU activities, and it will consider those reports as part of its review of the first year of the Parliament’s EU strategy. Are members content to note the report and agree to submit it to the European and External Relations Committee for its consideration?

Members indicated agreement.

That is the end of our business for today. Our next meeting is on 31 October, when we will continue our scrutiny of the Water Resources (Scotland) Bill.

Meeting closed at 12:43.