Finance Committee, 01 Nov 2005

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 1, 2005

Official Report 239KB pdf

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Items in Private

Welcome to the Finance Committee's 23rd meeting in 2005. I welcome the press, the public and our witnesses. Please ensure that all pagers and mobile phones are switched off.

We have received apologies from Elaine Murray, who is on a train that has been delayed by a signal failure. She will join us shortly. Mark Ballard will need to leave us for a period during the meeting. Otherwise, we are all present and correct.

The first item on our agenda is to decide whether to take in private item 3, which is a draft submission to the Executive. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

We also need to decide whether to consider our draft report on the Council Tax Abolition and Service Tax Introduction (Scotland) Bill in private at our meeting on 8 November. Do members agree to that?

Members indicated agreement.