Public Petitions Committee, 27 Mar 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 27, 2001

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Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee Tuesday 27 March 2001 (Morning)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:04]

Good morning and welcome to the fifth meeting this year of the Public Petitions Committee. We have received an apology from Helen Eadie, who has had a fall and damaged her shoulder. She may be off for some weeks, so I am sure that we all wish her a very speedy recovery. We also have an apology from George Lyon, who will be unable to be here. Dorothy-Grace Elder's train usually comes in a little too late, so we can expect her to arrive later in the meeting.

Without further ado, let us turn to the agenda. We have five new petitions to consider this morning, and five important responses to previous petitions.