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As members know, the Executive introduced the Water Industry (Scotland) Bill to Parliament on 26 September. That bill will create an all-Scotland public water authority, to be called Scottish Water, which is aimed at improving services in this area.
I wonder whether approaches have been made to such delegations to suggest that they might visit the Scottish Parliament while they are visiting the UK.
I have received apologies from Karen Gillon, who will arrive lateāthe other members of the committee are here and no visiting members will attend the meeting, as far as I know.Under agenda item 1, the committee will consider whether to take item 4 in private.
Who knows? We may be informed by his visit, or we may get the opportunity to make the comments that many of us want to make.I would like to flag up a subject that was not covered in the paper.
A substantial overseas trip feels quite different from a series of one-day visits or a placement lasting a week or two with an organisation based in Scotland.
I introduce Alastair Macfie, who will join us in the near future, to take over David McGill's role as assistant clerk.We are in a small room today, which is unfortunate as there is not much room for the public. We will have a rolling visitation from petitioners as we deal with each petition in turn.
Instead, we may be accessible to a geographically different group of the people who already have a strong voice. I hope that when we timetable visits we will also look at the work we need to do before we go.