We come to the important part of the meeting, which is to choose a convener. The Parliament has agreed that members of the Scottish National Party are eligible for nomination as convener. I seek a nomination.
I nominate Christine Grahame.
Christine Grahame was chosen as convener.
I will now get out of the chair. Congratulations, Christine.
I thank members. I welcome the new members of the committee and Carolyn Leckie, who has joined us. I know that she is disappointed that she is not a permanent member of the committee—many other members were also disappointed about that. However, she is welcome to attend meetings on the same basis as other guest members. Carolyn has a professional interest in some of the committee's work and I am content for her to come along, but I make a rule that committee members will be allowed to ask questions first.
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