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Items in Private I welcome everyone to the fifth meeting of the Standards and Public Appointments Committee in 2005 and ask everyone to switch off their mobile phones. We have received apologies from Linda Fabiani and Alex Fergusson. Members should also note that Ken Macintosh resigned from the committee on Thursday 2 June.Item 1 is consideration of whethe...
We will have to postpone the declaration of interests, which was to have been our first item today, until the next meeting, because we have received an apology from Linda Fabiani, who is unable to attend.
I call to order the 13th meeting of the Public Petitions Committee in 2004. Linda Fabiani has sent her apologies as she cannot make it to the meeting this morning.
It states that students must"Be attending a part-time course consisting of at leased 50% of a full-time course"—spelt L-E-A-S-E-D. Really? That is a spelling mistake.
It is very difficult to find a time to get us all together. I know that Linda Fabiani and Jamie McGrigor are interested in supporting the initiative, but it is hard to find time to meet.
Work is the only way in which they can contribute fully. I reassure Linda Fabiani that I will properly undertake my responsibilities as a minister and that I will engage with Westminster as and when it is appropriate on a number of issues.
That does not happen just with MS, but with other forms of respite care too. I echo what Linda said. We should send the petition to the Health Committee for its consideration.
Item in Private Welcome to the third meeting of the Public Petitions Committee in 2004. As usual, we have a busy agenda. Linda Fabiani has indicated that she will be late this morning but I have received no other apologies.Under the first item on the agenda, we must consider whether to take item 4 in private.