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Our first item of business is to elect from our number, which means all members except me—unless you want to demote me—a deputy convener. The Parliamentary Bureau has decided that the deputy convener should be chosen from among Labour party members.
I nominate Malcolm Chisholm.
We have a nomination for Malcolm. Are there any others?
Thank you.
Excellent. My constituency neighbours that of Malcolm Chisholm. As committee colleagues, I hope we all agree that Malcolm commands respect across parties in the Parliament and has a lot of good experience that he will bring to his position of deputy convener. I certainly look forward to working with him in his extra capacity in the coming year.