SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1114 Title : Scottish Parliament: Committees: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Minutes: Meeting 5, 1999 Author(s): Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Copyright holder(s): Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body: © Scottish Parliamentary copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Queen's Printer for Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Text ENTERPRISE AND LIFELONG LEARNING COMMITTEE MINUTES 5th Meeting, Session 1 (1999) Wednesday 20 October 1999 Present: Fergus Ewing Dr Elaine Murray Miss Annabel Goldie John Swinney (Convener) Nick Johnston Elaine Thomson Marilyn Livingstone Allan Wilson George Lyon Also present: David Davidson, Rhoda Grant, John Munro (part), and Mary Scanlon The meeting opened at 9.06 am. The convener thanked Highland Council for hosting the first meeting of a Parliament committee outside Edinburgh, and welcomed the non-committee members to the meeting. Apologies were noted from Ms Margo MacDonald and Duncan McNeil. 1. Local Economic Development Inquiry – Highlands and Islands Enterprise: The committee received evidence from Mr Jim Hunter, Chairman; Mr Iain Robertson, Chief Executive; Mr Ralph Palmer, Director of Developing Skills; and Ms Tracey Slaven, Head of Corporate Planning. 2. Local Economic Development Inquiry – Local Enterprise Companies: The committee heard evidence from Mr Gordon Cox, Chief Executive, Ross and Cromarty Enterprise; Mrs Jackie Wright, Chief Executive, Lochaber Ltd.; Mr Archie MacDonald, Deputy Chief Executive, Western Isles Enterprise. The committee requested from the witnesses a breakdown of the performance targets set for the Local Enterprise Companies by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and information on the rates of return generally received from their property developments. 3. Local Economic Development Inquiry – Highland Council: The committee heard evidence from Councillor David Green, Convenor; Mr Arthur McCourt, Chief Executive; Mr Bruce Robertson, Director of Education; and Mr John Rennilson, Director of Planning and Development. The committee requested that the Council provide the committee with information on all the economic development services that it provides, including training. 4. Briefing on Gaelic Issues: The committee received a briefing from Allan Campbell, Chief Executive, Comunn na Gaidhlig; Mr Donald Martin, Director of Community Development, Comunn na Gaidhlig; Mr Lachlan Dick, UHI Development Co-ordinator, Sabhal Mor Ostaig; and Mr Calum Robertson, Head of Corporate Planning, Sabhal Mor Ostaig. 5. Briefing on the University of the Highlands and Islands: The committee received a briefing from Professor Brian Duffield, Director and Chief Executive, Dr John French, Head of Economic Development; and Dr Ray Harris, Community Learning Project Co-ordinator. The meeting closed at 15.31. Simon Watkins Clerk to the Committee This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Document source: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/historic/x-enterprise/mop-99/elmop1020.htm Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 1999 Word count: 361 General description: Committee Minutes. See http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/index.htm Text medium Web (webpages, discussion boards, newsgroups, chat rooms): Text publication details Published: Publisher: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Publication year: 1999 Place of publication: www.scottish.parliament.uk Text setting Government/politics: Text type Written record of speech (e.g. hansard, legal proceedings, minutes of meetings): Author Author details Author id: 908 Surname: Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body