Local Government and Transport Committee, 25 Jan 2005

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 25, 2005

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Scottish Parliament Local Government and Transport Committee Tuesday 25 January 2005

[The Convener opened the meeting at 14:01]

I welcome members to today's meeting of the Local Government and Transport Committee. I hope that we will get through the agenda slightly more quickly than we did at last Tuesday's meeting and I put on record my thanks to the committee clerks, the official report and broadcasting staff for their dedication in ensuring that that meeting could continue, which was much appreciated. I intend to express our appreciation to the relevant management structures in the Parliament.

I understand that Iain Smith is to be replaced on the committee by Margaret Smith. I thank him for his commitment and participation throughout his time as a member of the committee.

Thank you for your kind remarks, convener. I put on the record my appreciation of the way in which you and members of the committee have worked together. I particularly thank the clerking team—Eugene Windsor and his staff—who did a tremendous job in helping me to have a clue about what I was talking about during the four years in which I have been a member of this committee and, formerly, the Local Government Committee.

I am sure that the staff who support the committee and its members welcome those remarks.