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Written Question · S2W-08177 · Session 2

Further to the answer to question S2W-3401 by Mr Andy Kerr on 5 November 2003, how many meetings of the Council of Ministers Scottish minis…

Answered Asked by Richard Lochhead SNP Lodged 12 May 2004

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3401 by Mr Andy Kerr on 5 November 2003, how many meetings of the Council of Ministers Scottish ministers have attended since that answer and which specific councils ministers have attended in each year since 1999, expressed also as a percentage of all Council of Ministers meetings.

The answer

Answered by Andy Kerr on 22 Jun 2004 · 41 days after it was lodged, 27 days after it was due

Scottish Executive ministers have attended 10 formal Council of Ministers meetingssince the answer to question S2W-3401 on 5 November 2003. Scottish Executive ministers attended the following specific formal Council meetings during the period 1 July 1999 to 31 May 2004. In future this information will be available on the Scottish Executive website.
Date
| Council
| Minister

26/10/1999
| Fisheries Council
| John Home Robertson

22/11/1999
| Fisheries Council
| John Home Robertson

13/12/1999
| Environment Council
| Sarah Boyack

14/12/1999
| Agriculture Council
| Ross Finnie

16/12/1999
| Fisheries Council
| John Home Robertson

20/03/2000
| Agriculture Council
| Ross Finnie

08/06/2000
| Education Council
| Nicol Stephen

16/06/2000
| Fisheries Council
| John Home Robertson

22/06/2000
| Environment Council
| Sarah Boyack

17/11/2000
| Fisheries Council
| Rhona Brankin

20/11/2000
| Agriculture Council
| Ross Finnie

30/11/2000
| Justice and Home Affairs Council
| Jim Wallace

14 to 15/12/2000
| Fisheries Council
| Rhona Brankin

12/02/2001
| Education and Youth Council
| Nicol Stephen

26/02/2001
| Agriculture Council
| Ross Finnie

08/03/2001
| Environment Council
| Sam Galbraith

24/04/2001
| Agriculture Council
| Ross Finnie

25/04/2001
| Fisheries Council
| Rhona Brankin

05/06/2001
| Health Council
| Susan Deacon

18/06/2001
| Fisheries Council
| Rhona Brankin

28/06/2001
| Transport Council
| Sarah Boyack

16/11/2001
| Justice and Home Affairs Council
| Jim Wallace

20/11/2001
| Agriculture Council
| Ross Finnie

17 to 18/12/2001
| Fisheries Council
| Ross Finnie

22 to 24/04/2002
| Agriculture Council
| Ross Finnie

11 to 12/06/2002
| Fisheries Council
| Ross Finnie

12 to 14/06/2002
| Justice and Home Affairs Council
| Jim Wallace

23 to 24/09/2002
| Agriculture and Fisheries Council
| Ross Finnie

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-08177 by reference.