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Unfortunately, she is unable to attend the meeting this afternoon.Do members have any suggestions on how best to deal with the petition? Given the fact that we know that there has been a meeting but we have not seen a minute of that meeting, I suggest that we defer the matter until we have better information.
I have, therefore, today written to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee asking it to launch an inquiry into the wider issue of the veracity of members' responses and how that is best policed. Meeting suspended until 14:15.
We get a regular update on European Union issues and we will have an opportunity to examine the transposition of a European directive when we get the proposed flooding bill—which we anticipate keenly.The best time for us to discuss our scrutiny of European issues might be at our away day in June.
Jet-skis (PE978) PE978, by Diana Cairns, on behalf of Portobello community council, calls on the Parliament to urge the Government to consider how best to restrict the use of jet-skis in the vicinity of public beaches, particularly in residential areas.
I noticed that one of the suggestions in the legacy paper was that this committee needed continuity, so we are off to a bad start, but I promise to stay here as long as I possibly can. To the best of my knowledge, I have no declarable interests that are relevant to the work of the committee.
The two Government departments should work together, co-ordinate with the local authorities on best practice and recognise that the best ideas probably come from the local authorities rather than from the top down.