LGC/S3/08/25/M

25th Meeting, 2008 (Session 3)

Wednesday 8 October 2008

Present:

Apologies were received from Patricia Ferguson.

The meeting opened at 10.00 am.

1. Declaration of interests: Mary Mulligan MSP did not have any relevant interests to declare.

2. Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Jackie Baillie MSP;

David Cullum, Clerk Team Leader, Non-Executive Bills Unit, and Robert Marr, Assistant Legal Adviser, Directorate of Legal Services, Scottish Parliament.

3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee considered the following negative instrument—

the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (SSI2008/310).

The Committee agreed it had nothing to report on this instrument.

4. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee agreed that its consideration of draft reports on the Scottish Government's budget proposals 2009-10 and draft reports on the Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 should be taken in private at future meetings.

The meeting closed at 11.09 am.

Martin Verity
Clerk to the Local Government and Communities Committee
Room T3.40
Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 348 5217
Email: martin.verity@scottish.parliament.uk