Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee
Meeting Minutes
10th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Thursday, March 24, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:00
- Meeting closed at: 11:10
- Published: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 11:34am
Also Present
Paul Sweeney
1 Declaration of interests
Paul Sweeney was invited to declare any relevant interests. He indicated that he had no interests to declare.
2 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee decided to consider a draft report on the Scottish Government's Resource Spending Review, a draft report on our inquiry into the Scottish Government's International Work and consideration of our work programme in private at future meetings.
3 The Crisis in Ukraine:
The Committee took evidence from—
Graham O'Neill, Policy Manager, Scottish Refugee Council;
Andy Sirel, Legal Director & Partner, JustRight Scotland;
Marie Hayes, Scotland Director, British Red Cross;
and then from—
Neil Gray, Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development and Minister with special responsibility for Refugees from Ukraine, Alison Byrne, Director for Equality, Inclusion & Human Rights (Interim), and John Primrose, Deputy Director of International Relations, Scottish Government .