Scottish Executive Response
I am writing on behalf of the Scottish Government
to acknowledge the Committee's report on Scotland and the UK:
cooperation and communication between governments.
My colleagues and I viewed the report's conclusions
with interest. Clearly there have been changes in intergovernment
relations since the report was written and the core issues examined
by the inquiry have moved on; however we particularly welcomed
the report's support for Scottish Ministers taking the UK chair
at EU Council of Ministers' meetings to advance the UK negotiating
line which we will have played a part in developing - an issue
very much in line with recent discussions at the Joint Ministerial
Committee (Europe) on achieving a more positive response to requests
from Devolved Ministers to attend and speak at Councils.
Fiona Hyslop MSP/BPA
Minister for Culture and External Affairs
28 June 2010
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