Public Petitions Committee, 29 Apr 2008
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Official Report
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Commonwealth Games 2014 (Consultation)
Agenda item 4 is consideration of a paper from the clerk on the Scottish Government's consultation on the 2014 Commonwealth games.
Stage 3 consideration of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Bill will take place in the Parliament tomorrow, but the Government is consulting on a lasting legacy for Scotland from the games. Members have a copy of a draft response to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing that we could send. I think that she sent a letter to all the committees. Policy committees will have a much clearer perspective on the matter.
This week's Audit Scotland report affirms the existence of issues that petitions have raised to do with the infrastructure challenges that Scotland faces and the broader problem of community-based sports development and participation. The two big issues are infrastructure investment and participation. I think that our draft letter is an appropriate response.
I now close the meeting.
Meeting closed at 17:00.