Finance Committee, 06 Mar 2001
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 6, 2001
Official Report
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Committee Business
I call the meeting to order.
Under the agenda item on committee business, I report to members that we still await a decision on whether Andrew Likierman from the Treasury will provide evidence. We are hopeful that he will but, as members know, the Minister for Finance and Local Government is due to give evidence at our next meeting and he should be the final person from whom we take evidence. The contingency position is that if Andrew Likierman is confirmed as a witness, we would like to hear his evidence next week and to take evidence from the minister on 27 March. However, that remains to be decided. We are all keen for Andrew Likierman to appear before the committee and efforts are continuing to achieve that.
What is the basis of our hopefulness?
Discussions continue between the Minister for Parliament, the Scotland Office and the Treasury. I can say no more than that at present. The matter is out of my hands, although I continue to seek updates. I hope that I will be able to report good news shortly.
I invite the committee to agree to take agenda items 7 and 8 in private.
Members indicated agreement.