Good morning and welcome to the first meeting in 2015 of the Public Petitions Committee. I remind all present, including members, that mobile phones and BlackBerrys should be turned off completely, as they interfere with the sound system, even when switched to silent.
We have received apologies from Jackson Carlaw. I welcome to the committee John Pentland and Hanzala Malik, who replace David Stewart and Anne McTaggart as members. I put on record my thanks for the work that David Stewart and Anne McTaggart did for the committee over the past months. They were on the committee for a long time and their work was greatly appreciated by members.
Agenda item 1 is a declaration of interests. In accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct, I invite John Pentland to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee’s remit. Any declarations should be brief but sufficiently detailed to make clear to any listener the nature of the interest.
I have no relevant interests to declare.
Thank you, John. I invite Hanzala Malik to declare any relevant interests.
I refer the committee to my entry in the register of interests. Other than that I have no interests to declare.
Thank you very much.
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