Information Released in Response to an FOI Request
| Title | External engagements carried out by the Deputy First Minister & Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning |
| Description | External engagements carried out by the Deputy First Minister & Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, Mr Nicol Stephen between 7 January 2006 and 9 February 2006 |
| Publication Date | April 05, 2006 |
| Charge | Free. |
During this time, the Deputy First Minister also attended Parliament, Parliamentary Committees (whose proceedings, notes etc are already attended in the public domain), political engagements, had meetings with other Scottish Executive Ministers and met with officials of the Scottish Executive.
In addition, the Deputy First Minister attended meetings of Cabinet, Cabinet Sub-Committees, Ad-hoc Groups of Ministers, other Ministerial Groups and Cabinet Seminars. The dates of these meetings are published on the Scottish Ministers' area of the Scottish Executive website. Dates of these meetings from January 2005 are published on the website on a regular basis and can be viewed here.
| Date | Time | Type | Description |
| 09-Jan-06 | 11:30 | Formal Opening/Launch | Launch of "Construction Lanarkshire" by Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire |
| 09-Jan-06 | 12:00 | Meeting | Lanarkshire Local Economic Forum |
| 10-Jan-06 | 10:45 | Meeting | Sir John Ward & Jack Perry, Scottish Enterprise |
| 10-Jan-06 | 14:00 | Meeting | Representatives from Glasgow Caledonian University Gateway Project |
| 11-Jan-06 | 13:00 | Lunch meeting | Lunch with Director of the Society of British Aerospace Companies Ltd & SBAC reps |
| 11-Jan-06 | 15:00 | Meeting | Deputy Chair of the Financial Services Advisory Board (FiSAB) |
| 11-Jan-06 | 18:30 | Reception | Keynote Address at the Scottish Retail Consortium Annual Parliamentary Reception |
| 12-Jan-06 | 10:00 | Meeting | Duncan McNeil, MSP |
| 12-Jan-06 | 11:00 | Meeting | Consul General of Germany |
| 12-Jan-06 | 12:45 | Formal Opening/Launch | Official Opening of Scottish Power Windfarm, Blacklaw, Lanarkshire |
| 16-Jan-06 | 16:00 | Visit | Visit to Al Maktoum Institute, Dundee |
| 17-Jan-06 | 13:15 | Meeting | Chief Executive and Company Secretary of British Energy |
| 18-Jan-06 | 13:30 | Meeting | Scottish Science Advisory Committee |
| 18-Jan-06 | 19:30 | Dinner Meeting | Deputy Chair of Scottish Enterprise Glasgow and Board Members |
| 23-Jan-06 | 13:30 | Meeting | The Rt Hon Alun Michael MP, Minister of State for Industry and the Regions |
| 23-Jan-06 | 16:00 | Meeting | Malcolm Wicks MP, Minister of State for Energy |
| 25-Jan-06 | 13:00 | Meeting | Napier University (meeting and tour) |
| 25-Jan-06 | 23:00 | Interview | BBC Newsnight Scotland |
| 26-Jan-06 | 13:30 | Meeting | Chair of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council |
| 27-Jan-06 | 09:00 | Visit | Petrofac Training Facility, Aberdeen with film crew from Indian TV company CNBC TV18 |
| 30-Jan-06 | 12:00 | Meeting | Small Business Consultative Group Meeting |
| 30-Jan-06 | 14:00 | Meeting | Forum for Renewable Energy |
| 31-Jan-06 | 10:30 | Meeting | Financial Institutes in Scotland and Members of the Life Science Industry Advisory Group |
| 01-Feb-06 | 13:00 | Formal Opening/Launch | Launch of HMS Daring |
| 01-Feb-06 | 15:30 | Meeting | Chief Executive, Ofgem |
| 02-Feb-06 | 19:30 | Dinner | Scottish Enterprise International Advisory Board |
| 06-Feb-06 | 11:00 | Visit | Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Challenge, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen |
| 09-Feb-06 | 19:00 | Dinner | Keynote Speech at Scottish Life Sciences Annual Dinner |