Good morning, and a warm welcome to the 20th meeting in 2025 of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. Our first agenda item is to take evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture on the Scottish Government’s humanitarian response to Gaza. We are joined in the room by the cabinet secretary, Angus Robertson, along with Joanna Keating, head of international development; Alice Guinan, humanitarian and conflict lead; and Stuart Adam, head of Asia team, international relations, from the Scottish Government. We welcome you all to the committee. Cabinet secretary, would you like to make an opening statement?
Is the committee content that no reporting grounds are engaged?
Members indicated agreement.
In the Scottish statutory instrument report on the draft Hydrolysis (Scotland) (No 2) Regulations 2026, does the committee wish to mention that the minor formatting issues in the Burial and Cremation (Applications and Registers) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/360) that the committee identified last week arise also in some of the forms in this draft instrument?
Members indicated agreement.
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