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Annex 2: Background to Scottish Manufacturing Steering Group

The original Scottish Manufacturing Steering Group was set up by the then Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Minister, Henry McLeish MSP, in 1999 to advise the Scottish Executive on how best to support Scottish manufacturing. It last met in March 2000 following the launch of its report, Created in Scotland: The Way Forward for Scottish Manufacturing in the 21st Century.

The Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Minister, Iain Gray MSP, announced his intention to reconvene the Scottish Manufacturing Steering Group on 7 August 2002 to build on Created in Scotland to identify any gaps in action supporting manufacturing.

To ensure that the Group felt free to consider radical new ideas and retain a degree of independence from the Executive, the Minister invited Dr Chris Masters to chair the reconvened Group.

The Group met four times between October 2002 and January 2003 and also split into smaller sub-groups; firstly to engage more directly with those involved in manufacturing and at a later stage to consider in more depth the key issues identified by the Group.

Membership of the Group is:

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