Justice and Home Affairs Committee, 29 Jun 1999
                                            Meeting date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999
                                            
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                    Scottish Parliament Justice and Home Affairs Committee Tuesday 29 June 1999 (Afternoon)
                    
    
        
    
[The Oldest Member of the Committee opened the meeting at 12:00]        
            
        
Good afternoon. This is the first meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Committee. I trust that committee members are all as excited as I am about this committee and I am sure that we will find that we all get to know one another very well. 
I am chairing this part of the meeting. Believe it or not—I find it hard to believe—I am the oldest member of the committee. Who says agism does not have its advantages—positive discrimination puts me in the chair for the first few minutes.