Enterprise and Culture Committee, 08 Sep 2005

Meeting date: Thursday, September 8, 2005

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Scottish Parliament Enterprise and Culture Committee Thursday 8 September 2005

[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:00]

I welcome everybody to the first meeting of the Enterprise and Culture Committee since the recess—our 17th meeting in 2005. I have apologies from Richard Baker and I welcome Margaret Jamieson, who is standing in as his substitute today. I also welcome Dennis Canavan, who is joining us for item 2, which is on the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Bill.

Before we begin, I express the committee's gratitude to Mike Watson for his work both as a member of the committee and as the committee's deputy convener. He was particularly helpful and co-operative and I very much appreciated the assistance that he gave me as convener in his role as deputy convener. He has asked me to pass on his best wishes to the committee and wishes the committee all the best for the future.