European and External Relations Committee, 27 Sep 2005

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 27, 2005

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Interests

Good afternoon, colleagues. I welcome you to the 14th meeting this year of the European and External Relations Committee. I was going to say that I had received apologies from Mr Gallie, as I know that he has to go to the Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Bill Committee, but I appreciate the fact that he has been able to come along, if only for a few minutes. Gordon Jackson is on his way, but he will be a little bit late.

Our first item is a declaration of interests. I welcome in particular Linda Fabiani. Mr Gallie, I understand that Mr Brownlee will replace you at the meeting. Is that correct?

Yes, he will arrive in due course.

And he just has. As is usual in these circumstances, I will invite members to declare whether they feel that they have any interests that are relevant to the work of the committee. Since Mr Brownlee has just arrived, I will start with Linda Fabiani.

I am a trustee of Just World Partners, which is an international development non-governmental organisation. It has over the years been in receipt of European funding.

Thank you very much. Welcome to the committee, Mr Brownlee. I understand that you will be substituting for Mr Gallie this afternoon. Since it is your first meeting, can I ask you to declare any relevant interests?

I do not believe that I have any interests to declare.