Procedures Committee, 11 Jun 2003

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 11, 2003

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Convener

The Parliament has agreed that the convener of the committee will be a member of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. As there is only one member of that party on the committee, I ask someone to nominate Iain Smith.

I nominate Iain Smith.

Iain Smith was chosen as convener.

I thank Jamie McGrigor for handling the difficult job of choosing a convener. I also thank the committee for making the difficult decision to choose the only person whom they were allowed to choose. I hope that in the next four years I will gain members' confidence as convener.

The committee has the important role of ensuring that the Parliament's work remains relevant and follows the principles of openness and accountability. I am sure that, in the next four years, we will do our best to ensure that the Parliament considers and improves its procedures and that it does not become, like some institutions, an "aye been" institution in which we do things because they have always been done that way.