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Good morning and welcome to the 32nd meeting in 2014 of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee. I ask everyone present to switch off mobile phones and other electronic equipment, as they affect the broadcasting system. Some committee members might consult tablets during the meeting, because we provide papers in a digital format.
We have received apologies from Alex Rowley.
I welcome the new members of the committee, Clare Adamson and Willie Coffey. I hope that you enjoy your time on the committee. I record our thanks to Mark McDonald and Stuart McMillan for their work on the committee during the past few years. On behalf of the committee, I wish them well in their new committee roles.
Item 1 is declarations of interest by new members. I invite Clare Adamson and Willie Coffey to make relevant declarations, for the record.
I draw people’s attention to my entry in the register of members’ interests. I am a former member of North Lanarkshire Council.
I am a former member of East Ayrshire Council. Beyond that, I have nothing to declare.
Thank you. There is now only one member of this committee who is not an ex-councillor: Mr Buchanan. I do not know whether that is a good thing or a bad thing.
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