European Committee,
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 21, 2002
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Scottish Parliament European Committee Tuesday 21 May 2002 (Afternoon)
[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:07]
I welcome members to the European Committee's eighth meeting of 2002. I have received apologies from Helen Eadie, Colin Campbell, Dennis Canavan and Lloyd Quinan, so our number is a little depleted.
I understand that Helen Eadie and Colin Campbell have gone to Russia, but I am not sure whether they are on the same trip. If they are, the plug that we gave Helen Eadie's trip at the previous meeting worked. She may have found a colleague in Colin to accompany her.
Helen Eadie is particularly sorry not to be present today, because we will hear from a representative of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe, an organisation with which she has had a long relationship. She asked me to pass on her thanks to its representative for coming to the meeting.