Education and Culture Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015

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I welcome everybody to the first meeting in 2015 of the Education and Culture Committee. I wish everyone who follows the work of the committee a happy new year. I remind everyone present that electronic devices should be switched off at all times, because they tend to interfere with the broadcasting system.

Our first item on the agenda this morning is a nice one, in many ways. It is to welcome Mark Griffin—and it would also have been to welcome Siobhan McMahon, but she has unfortunately been delayed this morning and might not make it to the meeting. I welcome Mark to the committee as one of our new Labour Party members. They are replacing Jayne Baxter and Neil Bibby, who have now resigned from the committee. I am sure that all members would like to record their thanks to both Neil Bibby and Jayne Baxter for the work that they undertook while they were members of the committee, as well as welcoming Mark Griffin and Siobhan McMahon to the committee. I am sure that we look forward to working with Mark and Siobhan, and that we wish Neil and Jayne well in their new roles.

I invite Mark Griffin to declare any relevant registrable interests.

Thanks for the welcome, convener. I have no interests relevant to the work of the committee to declare.