Education and Skills Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016

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Interests

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the first meeting of the Education and Skills Committee. I remind everybody to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off, as they interfere with the sound system.

Apologies have been received from Tavish Scott, Ross Greer and Liz Smith.

The first item on the agenda is the declaration of interests. This is to allow committee members to declare any interests that they have that are relevant to their work on the committee. There is background information in the note from the clerk, which is paper 1. I will start by declaring my interests, and we will then go round the table from my left.

I have no interests to declare other than those that are already declared in my entry in the “Register of Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament”.

I have no interests to declare other than what is noted in my entry in the register of interests.

I have no interests to declare other than what is noted my entry in the register of interests.

I am a member of the Scottish Social Services Council and currently a councillor in North Lanarkshire Council.

I have no interest to declare other than what is already declared in my entry in the register of interests.

I have no interests to declare other than what is in my entry in the register of interests.

I have no interests to declare other than what is already contained in my entry in the register of interests.

The one thing that I will note is my membership of the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

I am sure that the interests for the three members who are absent will be picked up at the committee’s next meeting.