Cross-cutting Reviews
Welcome to the Finance Committee's ninth meeting in 2002. We open the meeting in public. David Davidson has already switched off his mobile phone. We have received apologies from Mr Jamie Stone, and Professor Arthur Midwinter is in attendance.
Agenda item 1 concerns cross-cutting reviews and is an opportunity to brief the committee on the progress of the two reviews. All committee members were involved in discussions last week and progress continues on managing the work of the reviews. We now have provisional advisers for both reviews. The next stage is to set up as soon as possible a meeting between the advisers, the reporter groups and the consultees.
The clerk has produced a paper, which has been circulated. I would welcome any relevant comments from members on whether they are content with the paper. Do members wish to offer any suggestions about the preparatory work that can be carried out in advance of the next meetings?
We should accept the paper and move on.
I back that.
Everybody is happy. Excellent.