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Equalities and Human Rights Committee 03 May 2018 Equalities and Human Rights Committee 03 May 2018Human Rights and the Scottish Parliament Human Rights and the Scottish Parliament Good morning and welcome to the 13th meeting of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee in 2018.
It has been suggested that the briefing looked at free movement and said that ending free movement of people would wipe out any gains that may be achieved through, for example, a free trade agreement with the United States.
Other than a subsequent plan— Other than the plans that we have produced, which we have been working on up until now, I am not aware of any other plans. If I may interrupt, Mr Symon referred to an 1851 plan.
In the hearing that I sat in on, there were solicitors but it did not feel like a courtroom, so I may be overstating the point. Is there, nevertheless, a question about whether people should be advised not to be as frank as they might have been?
From time to time, we have auditors observing those meetings, to see the discharge of those responsibilities. My next question may be for others. How often does the finance sub-committee meet?
I welcome some of the things that you have said. Not all of them? That may come as no surprise. With respect to certain areas, you mentioned that there is a learning process.