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Our thinking on these matters is rooted in our commitment to the public interest duty embodied in the GTC's new powers. As Brian Monteith has indicated, his amendment would remove section 50, which enables ministers to stipulate, through regulations, that a particular committee should be established and what its membership should be.
Scottish ParliamentPublic Petitions CommitteeTuesday 1 February 2000(Afternoon) The Convener opened the meeting at 14:06 I welcome everyone to the second meeting of the new millennium of the Public Petitions Committee.
The first poem is by Maya Angelou, a black American whose spirit never broke despite abuse, rejection and violence. In her new-found confidence, she rejoices, even if some are a little offended.
Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (Scotland) Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/27) Members will remember that we asked the Executive why regulations for England and Wales defined "new plant" and "existing plant" whereas the regulations for Scotland did not.
Item 1 is to ask members of the committee if they agree that we should deal with item 6, our summation of evidence on the Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Bill, in private, as has been the custom.
Motions moved, That the Parliament agrees that the Justice 2 Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
I support the regulations, but it would be helpful if we monitored progress on the negotiations in the House of Commons on how the pension scheme will apply to new starts. That is a valid point that the Parliament will have to consider soon when it looks at public sector pension schemes.