Public Petitions Committee, 02 Oct 2007

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 2, 2007

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Interests

Good afternoon and welcome to the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee's fifth meeting in session 3. If anyone has a mobile phone, could they please switch it off. That includes people in the public gallery. We have apologies from Nanette Milne.

I welcome John Wilson to his first Public Petitions Committee meeting. He is substituting for Angela Constance, who is now on maternity leave. As this is his first meeting, I invite him to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee's remit, in accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct for members of the Scottish Parliament.

I am an elected local government councillor for North Lanarkshire Council, for which I receive no salary or pension. I am also a member of Historic Scotland, the National Trust for Scotland, the RSPB, the Scottish Wildlife Trust, the Friends of New Lanark, the Society of William Wallace, the Transport and General Workers Union and the Scottish National Party trade union group.

Thanks very much, John. I am sure that you will make a positive contribution to the committee's work in the time that you are asked to serve on the committee.