Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee Wednesday 11 June 2003 (Morning)
[The Oldest Committee Member opened the meeting at 09:16]
Good morning everybody and welcome to the first meeting of the Public Petitions Committee in the new parliamentary session. Members will find this an interesting committee and I am sure that their participation in it will give them a lot of pleasure, because it takes important decisions that affect the lives of many within our great country of Scotland.
It does not please me to find myself in the chair this morning, as I am here because I am the oldest committee member. That is something that I could do without, but that is the situation that we find ourselves in. I welcome any members of the public and press who are present. I look forward to working with all members in the course of this session. Sandra White has intimated her apologies, but we have no other apologies.