European Committee, 03 Oct 2000

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 3, 2000

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Scottish Parliament European Committee Tuesday 3 October 2000 (Afternoon)

[The Deputy Convener opened the meeting at 14:03]

I welcome everybody to the 17th meeting this year of the European Committee. There are apologies from Hugh Henry, the convener, who is in Northern Ireland on Committee of the Regions business. There are also apologies from Ben Wallace, who is otherwise occupied at the Conservative conference. [Applause.] I should tell David Mundell that no cheering is allowed for that—this is non-political. There are also apologies from Margo MacDonald and Sylvia Jackson. They are attending other committees and might join us later.

Does the committee agree to take items 5, 6 and 7, which are on draft reports, in private, as is usual?

Members indicated agreement.

We have quite a heavy agenda today, so I hope that, with members' co-operation, we can get through the bits we agree on fairly quickly so that we can devote as much time as possible to the draft reports.