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Agenda item 1 is the very detailed report from the Committee of the Regions that was put together by Stewart Maxwell. I seek comments, questions or clarifications.
Stewart Maxwell’s report is extensive. I am taken aback by the breadth and depth of the subjects that it covers. I looked through the report to see whether mention is made of broadband infrastructure, which is a subject that has featured regularly at the committee. Does the Committee of the Regions engage with that subject? If it does, could we perhaps have a wee look at its deliberations on that? I have asked about the subject a number of times.
We could definitely pick that up, and I am sure that we are content to do so.
The report is exceptionally detailed and very helpful. I appreciate how busy the members of the Committee of the Regions are on our behalf and the amount of travel that they have to do. The report is great, but maybe at some point we could have a round-table discussion with the members of the Committee of the Regions to get a better feel for how it operates and their experience of the year.
That is a good idea. We can do something in the autumn; we can look at our work programme when we come back after recess. Given the changes across Europe following the elections, the setting up of the new Commission, the decision on the Commission presidency and the fact that the establishment of the political groupings seems to have been a fraught exercise, the autumn may be an opportune time to get an understanding of what has happened and where things will go from there.
That would be great.
As colleagues have no further comments, on behalf of the committee I thank Stewart Maxwell and all our members of the Committee of the Regions for their work. We thank Stewart, in particular, for his report. Patricia Ferguson did the last report and they take turn about, so we will get a report from Patricia at a later date.
I seek the committee’s agreement to our circulating the report to all the relevant subject committees.
Members indicated agreement.
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