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The Conveners Group was not happy with the second proposal that we put to it for visiting Australia in November. The main issue was cost: the amount for which we were asking was a substantial part of the Conveners Group budget.
There was a civic participation event and the committee made a point of visiting many local authorities, familiarising itself with the issues that they faced and making contact with the people involved at that level.
On the same day, President Rigol of the Catalan Parliament visited us and there was a highly useful exchange of views on some of the work that can be done between the two Parliaments in the run-up to the intergovernmental conference.
On the same day, President Rigol of the Catalan Parliament visited us and there was a highly useful exchange of views on some of the work that can be done between the two Parliaments in the run-up to the intergovernmental conference.
Members will recall that we considered the regulations on 26 September. We had two main concerns about defective drafting and ambiguity of specific parts of the regulations, which had been picked up by the Subordinate Legislation Committee.
The regulations come into force on 8 May 2000 and the time limit for parliamentary action is 26 May 2000. Any MSP may table a motion to propose to the lead committee to annul the regulations.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Ministerial Group on Sustainable Scotland (MoSS) met as planned on 5 February and 26 March 2002 and, if so, when the minutes will be posted on the MoSS website.
Responses have been circulated.The Local Government and Transport Committee is in the middle of the inquiry that was proposed and has made enjoyable visits to parts of Scotland to examine freight transport.
More immediately, I remind members that our visit to Reliance awaits us next Monday, when members will be in varying degrees of exhaustion and post-election recovery.
Before I close the meeting, I remind the committee that tomorrow's private meeting to discuss the final draft of the report into regional development funding will take place at 10.30 on the fifth floor of Parliament headquarters.Finally, it is very important that members attend the reception at 6 pm this evening at the Scottish Council for Development and Industry's offices in Chester Street to mark the visit...