Public Petitions Committee, 07 Oct 2008

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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Interests

Welcome to the 15th meeting in 2008 of the Public Petitions Committee. I welcome in particular the members of a delegation from Wolverhampton City Council, who have been with us today to find out about the work of the committee, as they are developing a petitions system in their local authority. I hope that they—and members of the public—will be able to get back home in spite of the challenging traffic situation this afternoon.

We have had useful discussions with the members of the delegation. I hope that they have taken on board some of our experiences since the creation of the Parliament, and that those will shape the work that they do in Wolverhampton. I wish them luck.

Following recent changes, I welcome two new members of our committee, Bill Butler and Marlyn Glen. I know that they both have other commitments on Tuesdays, and that Bill Butler will shortly have to leave today's meeting for a while in order to attend to business in another committee. In accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct, I invite Bill and Marlyn to declare any interests that are relevant to the remit of the committee.

Thank you for your warm welcome, convener. I have nothing to declare other than the information that is already included in my entry in the register of members' interests.

I also thank you for your welcome, convener. I have declared various interests in the register of members' interests, to which I have nothing relevant to add.

I put on record our appreciation of the work that has been done on the committee by Rhoda Grant and Claire Baker, and I wish them well in the work that they will be doing on other committees.