Item 7 is the sift of EC and EU documents. We are using the new system adopted as part of the committee's work on the scrutiny of EC and EU legislation. As you can see, the clerks have classified all the documents into subject areas and by relevance to committees. We will now send the list to each of the committees of the Parliament, bringing the most appropriate documents to their attention. The committees are free to decide whether to investigate the documents. As we have said in recent months, we would like to encourage other committees to look into such documents as much as possible and to come back to us and ask for our advice if they see fit. At this stage, members are asked to note the report. Is that agreed?
I understand that the minister has not yet arrived, so I suggest that we suspend the meeting and resume in five minutes. I also welcome Alex Neil and Richard Lochhead to the committee. We are pleased to have you with us this afternoon.
Meeting suspended.
On resuming—