Health and Community Care Committee, 28 Nov 2001

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 28, 2001

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Scottish Parliament Health and Community Care Committee Wednesday 28 November 2001 (Morning)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 09:32]

Good morning everybody and welcome to this morning's meeting of the Health and Community Care Committee. We have apologies from Nicola Sturgeon and from Richard Simpson. Richard Simpson will probably be leaving the committee in the near future—we have probably had his last attendance—and I record my appreciation of the work that he did in two and a half years as a committee member, particularly on some of the reports that he wrote. Recently, he worked on a report on organ donation, but he has worked on reports on flu and on other matters. He did substantial work for the committee as a member and I record my appreciation on behalf of the committee.

With us is the new Minister for Health and Community Care, Malcolm Chisholm, to whom I bid good morning. I offer you congratulations on behalf of all committee members, some of whom were your colleagues on this committee. We have watched your meteoric rise with keen interest and look forward to working with you.