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West Lothian is next; it is ready to launch its scheme on 1 January. The City of Edinburgh Council and Glasgow City Council schemes will probably start some time in 2005.
We are slightly late in getting under way, but that is not a problem. Item 1 is a presentation by the convener and clerk of the Public Petitions Committee in connection with the Procedures Committee's investigation into the principles of the consultative steering group.I welcome John McAllion and Steve Farrell.
I hope that it will provide a useful starting point for the consideration of future planning issues by those members who are returned to Parliament on 1 May.
The first is a letter from the Scottish Executive on the UK presidency of the European Union from 1 July 2005 and the proposed involvement of the Scottish Executive.
Nevertheless, about £800 million a year of public funds comes into the voluntary sector in revenue funding. The sector adds another £1 billion or so to that sum from other non-public sources.
Members indicated agreement.Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 I welcome Jackie Baillie, the Minister for Social Justice, and Margaret Curran, the Deputy Minister for Social Justice, to this meeting of the Social Justice Committee.