Local Government and Communities Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 15, 2016

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Convener

We move on to the second item on the agenda, which is to choose the convener. The procedure is very straightforward. Parliament has agreed that the Scottish National Party will have convenership of the committee, so only members of the SNP are eligible to be nominated. Do we have any nominations?

I nominate Bob Doris.

We do not need a seconder. Are there any further nominations? Graham Simpson winked at me. I thought that he was going to—

It was probably just a nervous twitch.

That must be what it was.

We have no further nominations. Is Bob Doris happy to accept the post of convener?

Yes.

Bob Doris was chosen as convener.

Welcome to the post of convener of the Local Government and Communities Committee. I will vacate the chair and Bob Doris will take over.

I thank Kenny Gibson for that, Mairi Evans for nominating me, and the committee for agreeing that I will be the convener. It is a privilege to be convener of the committee.