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We have our regular item on the Brussels Bulletin. Do members have any comments?
There is a bit more this week about the EU social agenda, which includes
I think that the Health and Sport Committee is taking an interest in cross-border health care.
I suggested previously that that should be referred to the committee.
It has been.
There is a reference to multilingualism. Perhaps we should draw the attention of the Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee to that, given its interest in languages.
Absolutely.
A key part of the education debate in Scotland is the curriculum for excellence. Multilingualism is relevant to that.
Indeed. I note that there will be a briefing on the package once it has been launched on 2 July. Members may wish to wait until the launch. The other committees should perhaps be notified that there will be a further detailed briefing at the beginning of July. Do members have any other points on the bulletin?
It is worth noting in the fuel subsidy item that there is a meeting today at which draft measures to give help to fishermen who are in difficulties will be rolled out. There is a list of the items that might be available.
Thank you for drawing that to our attention. There is an interesting contribution from David Martin MEP, which takes us back to our international development report. I thank Ian Duncan once again for his work on that.
Meeting continued in private until 12:31.