The paper on our forthcoming work programme suggests dates for meetings. Fergus Cochrane may want to comment on it.
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Fergus Cochrane
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I had a meeting last week with Young Scot and the Scottish Youth Parliament about the committee's idea for a young people's petitions meeting. The paper gives the suggested date for such a meeting as Tuesday 20 April at Holyrood. For various reasons it would be useful to put that meeting back to 15 June; however, that would impact on the suggested date for one of the committee's external meetings, which is 1 June. If members agree to have the meeting on young people's petitions on 15 June, the committee might want to consider bringing the date for the external meeting forward from 1 June to sometime in May.
Are the suggested meeting dates fine, including the proposed changes?
Members indicated agreement.
Are members happy with the suggested venues?
The paper suggests that the meeting on 15 March be held in "St Andrews, Moffat". Does that mean St Andrews or Moffat?
Fergus Cochrane
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Yes.
I wondered what St Andrews had to do with Moffat.
It is just a posher name—St Andrews of Moffat. So, on 15 March we intend to go to St Andrews.
Fergus Cochrane
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It is one or the other—there is an option.
St Andrews would be easier for me.
Let us make the call now—St Andrews or Moffat?
St Andrews.
I caution against our going to St Andrews at that time of year, convener. That will be in university term time and there may be issues about the availability of venues on that date. If we are going to St Andrews, it might be more appropriate to move that meeting to September, before the academic year has begun—although I might be wrong about that. Robin Harper might have more idea about the situation in St Andrews.
It might be more fun to go there during university term time.
Can we ask the clerk to explore that?
If we can agree all the other venues, we can decide the venue for 15 March later. Are those venues agreed?
Members indicated agreement.
The final decisions that we need to make are whether we should consider only new petitions at our meeting on 26 January and only current petitions at our meeting on 9 February. Is that agreed?
Members indicated agreement.
Meeting closed at 16:13.
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