Health and Sport Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Official Report 510KB pdf

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Interests

Good morning. Welcome to the 8th meeting of the Health and Sport Committee in the fourth session of the Scottish Parliament. I remind all those in attendance—members and members of the public—to turn off all mobile phones and BlackBerrys to prevent them from interfering with the sound system.

We have apologies from Mary Scanlon; Nanette Milne is substituting for her. I welcome Nanette and, in accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct, invite her to declare any interests relevant to the committee’s remit. I remind her that any declaration should be brief but sufficiently detailed to make clear to any listener the nature of that interest.

I will be extremely brief, convener. Apart from my medical background, I have no declarable interests relevant to the committee.

Thank you, Nanette.

I advise the committee of an additional interest, which I have now declared on my register of interests. I have been appointed to the board of Nursing Home Management Ltd, which is a company that manages a single nursing home in England.