Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee, 17 Jun 2002

Meeting date: Monday, June 17, 2002

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Scotland in Sweden

Under item 2, the committee must agree on its representative for the Scotland in Sweden event in October. A paper has been circulated. I will take comments from round the table.

I propose that we send the convener or deputy convener. I have looked at the programme and I suggest that our representative, while he or she is in Sweden, should take the opportunity to report on Sweden's lifelong learning situation, the development of policy, economic development and current support mechanisms. Setting up a couple of meetings outwith the official programme that would be directly relevant to the work of the committee would add value and underline our case. If members want a formal nomination, I nominate the convener.

I did not put him up to that, by the way.

I confirm that I nominate the convener with a one-way ticket.

And that is before the announcement of the results of our list meetings.

I take it that all your hustings, conclaves or whatever are over and that there is no—

They are, indeed.

Otherwise, Andrew would have—

Are there any other comments on the paper?

Do we know who is going from the other committees?

The conveners, I think.

As far as I understand, it is likely to be the conveners.

But they have not decided yet.

No, not formally.

The Sweden visit is likely to coincide with the other foreign visits for the tourism inquiry, assuming that we get permission for them. Therefore, I think that it would be fair that, if I go to Sweden, I do not put my name forward for the other visits. The more that we spread the visits—

On that basis, I will second Andrew Wilson's nomination.

As there is an election coming up, I think that we should all share the pain.