Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee Minutes of Proceedings
EET/S3/08/15/M
15th Meeting, 2008 (Session 3)
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
| Present: |
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| Brian Adam (Deputy Convener) |
Gavin Brown |
| Christopher Harvie |
Marilyn Livingstone |
| Lewis Macdonald |
Tavish Scott (Convener) |
| Dave Thompson |
David Whitton |
The meeting opened at 9.33 am.
1. Decisions on taking items in private: The Committee decided and agreed to take items 7 and 8 in private.
2. National Planning Framework 2: The Committee considered and agreed its approach to National Planning Framework 2.
3. Progress on research: The Committee considered research on the impact of the credit crunch on the Scottish economy.
4. Business in the Parliament Conference 2008: The Committee discussed feedback from the 2008 conference and plans for the 2009 event.
5. Scottish Enterprise: The Committee discussed further supplementary written evidence received from Scottish Enterprise.
6. Scottish Council of Economic Advisers: The Committee discussed and agreed to invite representatives of the Scottish Council of Economic Advisers to give evidence in the autumn.
7. Budget process 2009-10 – appointment of adviser: The Committee considered a list of candidates for the post of adviser to assist with its scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2009-10.
8. Energy Technologies Institute inquiry: The Committee discussed and made changes to the report, and after a series of divisions, agreed the report.
9. Tourism inquiry - Growing pains: can we achieve a 50% growth in tourist revenue by 2015? (in private): The Committee discussed and agreed the report.
The meeting closed 12.31pm.
Stephen Imrie
Clerk to the Committee
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