Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011

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European Union Legislative Proposals (Reporter)

The committee may recollect that the European and External Relations Committee recommended a new procedure for dealing with European legislation, which it wishes to pilot in the remaining weeks of the current session. The role of the EU reporter will be to provide early engagement with and scrutiny of European Union legislative proposals and the accompanying explanatory memorandums and to report back to the convener on the issues.

The pilot will run from now until dissolution. I do not imagine that it will involve a great deal of work between now and 22 March, but it seems to me that the role would be appropriately carried out by the committee’s deputy convener. I therefore recommend that Rob Gibson be appointed as our EU reporter. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

I am delighted to accept the honour.

I am very happy to support the nomination. I thought that Chris Harvie had some eminent qualifications, not least his enthusiasm for the Bundesrepublik Deutschland—[Laughter.]

I might have a wider focus.

That is agreed. I welcome Rob to his exciting new position. I am sure that he will enjoy it over the next few weeks.

12:16 Meeting continued in private until 12:41.