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European and External Relations Committee, 25 Mar 2003

25 Mar 2003 · S1 · European and External Relations Committee
Item of business
Legacy Paper
Boyack, Sarah Lab Edinburgh Central Watch on SPTV
As someone who was not on the committee at the start, I recognise, from looking at the work that the committee has done over the four years, that the committee has geared up its scrutiny of what is happening in Europe. That is to be welcomed.The European Committee has not been the most high-profile committee in respect of media coverage, but it has carried out a huge amount of work in broadening the transparency of what is happening in Brussels and in communicating that to the other committees. The recommendations for the future are about how the committee can use its time as effectively as possible. That will be a challenge, given that the new European and External Relations Committee will be able to do so much. I do not envy the new committee the challenge of trying to prioritise.However we might amend the detail of the report, it provides a good account of the kinds of issues that the committee has had to deal with. People outside the Parliament will find it useful as a sort of route map of the development of the committee. I hope that it will be a way of engaging with the future European and External Relations Committee.

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The Convener: Lab
Before we conclude the public part of our meeting, we will discuss our legacy paper on matters that the new committee might investigate. We must also conside...
Sarah Boyack: Lab
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Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West): *
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Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): SNP
I think that we have done some pioneering work, especially the videoconference that we had with the president of the Fisheries Committee of the Galician Parl...
The Convener: Lab
Thanks very much, Lloyd. I am sure that Hugh Henry will be touched by those comments.
Colin Campbell (West of Scotland) (SNP): SNP
If not amazed.
The Convener: Lab
I certainly feel that the future of Europe inquiry report is the biggest report that we have produced in the past six months. As convener, I have been involv...
Meeting continued in private until 17:00.