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European and External Relations Committee, 21 Dec 2004

21 Dec 2004 · S2 · European and External Relations Committee
Item of business
Sift
Swinney, John SNP North Tayside Watch on SPTV
Members have a copy of the sift paper. The key point that the paper highlights is the significance of the Council of the European Union's draft operational programme for 2005, which has been submitted by the incoming Luxembourg and United Kingdom presidencies. In effect, that draft operational programme complements the legislative work programme for 2005, which is due to be published on, I think, 11 January. As that material will be of some significance in informing the committee's work pattern in the year ahead, I plan to include it on the agenda of our January away day.Those draft programmes fit into our general work programme, which will include a trip to Brussels in the spring. During that trip, all members of the committee will meet various Commission representatives so that we can begin to establish a proactive assessment of the emerging agenda both of the Council and of the Commission for the year ahead. Therefore, all that material is pretty fundamental to the issues that we may look at in the period ahead.The sift document also lists other documents of importance.

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The Convener: SNP
Members have a copy of the sift paper. The key point that the paper highlights is the significance of the Council of the European Union's draft operational p...
Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD): LD
As that document will be published on 11 January and our away day will be held on 14 January, it will be useful to receive a copy of that material as soon as...
The Convener: SNP
No. We did not plan to do so.
Mr Raffan: LD
I have an issue to raise, but I can mention it later.
The Convener: SNP
I am sure that you will find some way of doing so.Do members want to raise any points about the sift paper?
Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab): Lab
The initial explanation mentions the important mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy. As the convener will know, I have submitted a suggestion on skills dev...
The Convener: SNP
We will ensure that we have available and at our disposal all material that can inform our discussion of our forward work programme.