Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, January 19, 2022

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Interests

Good morning, and welcome to the first meeting in 2022 of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee. We are operating in a virtual format this morning, with members participating remotely.

Before we start, I have the pleasure of welcoming Ruth Maguire not only as a new member of the committee but back to Parliament. We are all delighted to have Ruth back with us at Holyrood.

Before I ask her to declare her interests—such as they may be—I also thank and pay tribute to Bill Kidd. We veterans must stick together. I have been working with Bill for many years, during the time that I have been a member of the Parliament, and I very much valued his contribution, sound judgment and advice during the months that he served with us on this committee. I know that he will be serving Parliament in some other capacity, and I wish him well in that. I thank him very much for the job that he did with us over the past year.

The first item on our agenda is to welcome Ruth Maguire and for her to establish for the record whether she wishes to declare any interests.

I thank the convener for that welcome. I look forward to the work ahead on the committee. I have no registrable interests to declare.