Equal Opportunities Committee, 01 Feb 2005

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Official Report 197KB pdf

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Items in Private

Good morning and welcome to the third meeting in 2005 of the Equal Opportunities Committee. I particularly welcome our new senior assistant clerk, Zoé Tough, to the committee; I hope that she enjoys working with us. I also take the opportunity of thanking Ruth Cooper, our previous senior assistant clerk, for the valuable contribution that she has made to the committee. She has been of immense help in our work on the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Bill. We are sorry to lose Ruth, but give a warm welcome to Zoé.

No apologies have been received.

Under item 1, members are to decide whether to take item 3 in private. The item deals with the committee's approach to its report on the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Bill. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

Do members also agree to take in private items on our report on the FGM bill at future meetings?

Members indicated agreement.