Local Government Committee, 30 Jun 1999
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999
Official Report
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Convener
The next task is to choose a convener. The Parliament has laid down that the convener is to be a Labour member. May I have a proposal please?
I nominate Trish Godman.
Is anyone otherwise minded?
Trish Godman was elected convener by acclamation.
After my brief reign, I am very happy to exchange seats with Mrs Godman.
Thank you, Donald, and thank you all for your vote of confidence. I hope that I will be saying that at the end of the parliamentary session and at the end of this meeting.
Before I move on to the next part of the agenda, which is the remit of this committee, I want to abuse the role of chair slightly—not by putting forward my position, but by talking generally about the committee and how I think we should move forward. I hope that our deliberations will be constructive and useful; indeed, I am sure that they will be. I also hope that the reports and recommendations that the committee produces will have an impact. By that, I do not mean that we should produce anodyne reports that could have been written by the Executive—that is not what I am about. This is a committee of the Parliament and of the people of Scotland; we are not an extension of the Executive.