Public Petitions Committee, 06 Nov 2007
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Official Report
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Interests
Good afternoon, everyone. I welcome members, the public and petitioners to the Public Petitions Committee's seventh meeting in the third session of the Scottish Parliament.
I particularly welcome the representatives from Renfrewshire Council who are here to observe our proceedings. The council is setting up its own local petitions process and is the first council in Scotland to do so. I hope that the discussion that we had earlier was helpful to our visitors and that they, too, will share in the wonderful experience of engaging with the people of Scotland. I hope that observing today's proceedings will be of use to them as they make progress in their local authority.
I have a standing apology from Angela Constance MSP, who is on maternity leave. I welcome John Wilson, who is Angela's substitute. I also welcome Jim Hume, who is the substitute member for the deputy convener, John Farquhar Munro, who is unable to be present today.
We have a new member. As this is Nigel Don's first meeting as a member of the Public Petitions Committee, I invite him, in accordance with section 3 of the "Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament"—this is the formal bit—to declare any interests that might be relevant to the committee's remit.
Thank you, convener. I have no interests to declare.