Audit Committee and Finance Committee (Joint Meeting), 30 Jun 1999

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999

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Scottish Parliament Audit Committee and Finance Committee (Joint Meeting) Wednesday 30 June 1999 (Morning)

[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:02]

I welcome the Minister for Finance, Mr Jack McConnell, to this joint meeting. We are making history this morning as this is the first joint meeting of two committees, in this case the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee. My colleague Mr Mike Watson, the Convener of the Finance Committee, is with me. This is also the first time that we have had a minister before us, so Mr McConnell is doubly welcome for all those reasons. Let us get down to business.