Chamber and committees

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Agenda: 09 May 2024

Thursday, 09 May 2024

11th Meeting, 2024

Start time: 09:00am

Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room

Agenda items:

Decision on taking business in private
Review of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement inquiry
Consideration of evidence (in private)

Agenda published: Friday, 10 May 2024 11:10am

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1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.

2. Review of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement inquiry

The Committee will take evidence from—

Gareth Williams
Head of Policy
Prosper

Kate Foster
Senior International Affairs Advisor
Federation of Small Businesses

Catherine McWilliam
Nations Director
Institute of Directors Scotland

William Bain
Head of Trade Policy
British Chambers of Commerce

and then from -

Jan Robertson
Director of Global Trade
Scottish Development International

Ewen Cameron
Head of Global Trade, Consumer Industries
Scottish Development International

David Decrock
Team Leader, Energy Transition Trade, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Senior Representative, France
Scottish Development International

Papers for this item:

Paper 1 - 9 May (1019KB, pdf) posted 03 May 2024

3. Consideration of evidence (in private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier in the meeting.

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