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Ministers from member states do not, as a rule, attend European Union working groups, which are attended by officials from member states. UK officials represented the Executive at the Working Party on Substantive Criminal Law on 29 and 30 July 2002.
I note from Malcolm Chisholm's response of 26 January to a question from Elaine Smith that the Executive will have spent around £954,000 over five years on the promotion of breastfeeding—it proposes to spend £230,000 this year.
What would happen in that situation? That is catered for. Section 26 of the bill says:"Information is exempt information if its disclosure by a Scottish public authority … is prohibited by or under an enactment".The individual prohibition wins out.
I remind everyone to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off, as they interfere with the sound for the official report. I extend a particularly warm welcome to Paul Grice and Anne Mearns, who join us for agenda item 2.
Interests I welcome Adam Ingram, who is a new committee member. I want to record in the Official Report my appreciation of his colleague, Bruce Crawford, who served on the committee before him.