Committee
Enterprise and Culture Committee, 13 Mar 2007
13 Mar 2007 · S2 · Enterprise and Culture Committee
Item of business
Legacy Paper
I have three points. There has been a lot of formal and informal discussion about our legacy paper, so if there is a good reason why my points are not in it, please tell me. We were asked to pay particular attention to the topics on page 7 of paper 6. We identified previously that we had not been able to devote time to science and science policy, but that we wanted explicitly to identify that area.
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The Convener:
SNP
We still have technical problems with item 2, so we will take item 4. We considered an earlier draft of our legacy paper and another draft has been circulate...
Stephen Imrie (Clerk):
The clerks have endeavoured to make the changes and corrections that were suggested at the most recent meeting at which members discussed the legacy paper. I...
The Convener:
SNP
Just as an aide-mémoire for our successor committee on the way in which to deal with the clerks' notes, they are not something of which we approve or disappr...
Christine May:
Lab
We note the notes.
The Convener:
SNP
The main issue is the legacy paper. We should bear in mind that the paper is purely advisory and that it will be entirely up to our successor committee—or co...
Susan Deacon:
Lab
I have three points. There has been a lot of formal and informal discussion about our legacy paper, so if there is a good reason why my points are not in it,...
The Convener:
SNP
Is that agreed?Members indicated agreement.
Susan Deacon:
Lab
That was easy.My other two points are more about process and the lessons that we have learned as a committee. I wonder whether it is worth including a point ...
The Convener:
SNP
We have written to the Executive about that, particularly with regard to the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Bill. I think that we drew some of the i...
The Convener:
SNP
I think that I am right in saying that our correspondence is always available for anyone who wants to see it. Is everybody happy to include a line on cross-p...
Shiona Baird:
Green
Are there any clerks' notes on the round-table discussion on social enterprises?
Stephen Imrie:
Yes, there are notes. We did not specifically produce the notes on that batch—we were referring to the round-table discussions that we held recently. If the ...
Shiona Baird:
Green
I would appreciate that.
The Convener:
SNP
Yes. Every member of the public can access the notes under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. We are not disclosing anything that cannot be disc...
Stephen Imrie:
The notes are published as evidence for the business growth inquiry; it is just a case of extracting them and putting them alongside the round-table notes. T...
The Convener:
SNP
I am sure that every member of all our successor committees will read all the notes in great detail before they meet. Is everybody happy to agree the legacy ...