[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:00]
As it is 2 pm, I formally open the sixth meeting in 2002 of the European Committee. I have received apologies from Lloyd Quinan, whose progress we have all followed in the press this week. We trust that he will join us—intact, as Colin Campbell said—for our next meeting. I understand that Nora Radcliffe is on her way. She will be a little late because she has been held up in traffic.