Committee
Health Committee, 20 Mar 2007
20 Mar 2007 · S2 · Health Committee
Item of business
Legacy Paper
Indeed.
In the same item of business
The Convener:
SNP
Item 5 is consideration of the draft legacy paper. Members will see that the paper is in track-change format, with all the changes to the text that members r...
Members indicated agreement.
The Convener:
SNP
There is a small change in paragraph 19 because we finally know the correct number.
Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD):
LD
Small?
The Convener:
SNP
When we first considered the matter, we knew that a great deal of subordinate legislation was coming but we did not know what the figure would amount to.Next...
Members indicated agreement.
The Convener:
SNP
There is also a change to paragraph 23 and tiny changes to paragraphs 29 and 30.There is a new paragraph 33. I think we all feel that the on-going issue with...
Mr McNeil:
Lab
Yes. You will hear me when I am not.
The Convener:
SNP
Oh, really?
Mr McNeil:
Lab
Do not encourage me.
The Convener:
SNP
There is an extra word in paragraph 45, and in paragraph 47 there is a slight expansion on round-table sessions. There is a slight change to paragraph 48. Ne...
Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con):
Con
There is a minor typo in paragraph 57, which has "requires" instead of "required".
The Convener:
SNP
Yes—it is a tiny typo.
Mrs Milne:
Con
There is a similar typo in the second line of paragraph 60, which has "finding" instead of "findings".
The Convener:
SNP
Okay.There are no further changes until the addition at the end of the phrase, "The Health Committee 2003-7", which expresses what we are. Are we happy with ...
Dr Turner:
Ind
There is a typo in the first line of paragraph 104, which has "these" instead of "this".
The Convener:
SNP
Yes. If members pick up further typos in their careful perusal of the paper subsequent to the meeting, can you flag them up to the clerks? I am sure that the...
Helen Eadie (Dunfermline East) (Lab):
Lab
Can we just take a moment to say thank you, convener, to you as well? Our politics are obviously miles apart, but when someone convenes as professionally as ...
The Convener:
SNP
Indeed.
Helen Eadie:
Lab
It has been a privilege and a pleasure to serve on this committee. As you said, convener, none of us knows whether we will come back, although we all aspire ...
The Convener:
SNP
Okay. I should have said that about the clerks. It should not go without saying and should always be said.That ends the public part of the business. We will ...
Meeting continued in private until 14:35.