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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I welcome all the members, our witnesses and those who are joining us in the public gallery to the first meeting in 2015 of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee. I remind everyone to turn off—or, at least, turn to silent—all mobile phones and other electronic devices so that they do not interfere with the sound equipment.
We have received apologies from Chic Brodie and Joan McAlpine, although Joan hopes that she might be able to join us a bit later. We are joined by Bruce Crawford, who is here as a substitute member. I welcome him.
We have a change in committee members, so I pay tribute to those who have left us. Richard Baker and Margaret McDougall were members of the committee for some time. We thank them for their contribution to the committee’s work and wish them success in their new berths in the Parliament. I welcome two new members—Johann Lamont and Lewis Macdonald—and thank them for joining us.
Item 1 on the agenda is a declaration of interests by our new members and then by our substitute member. I invite them to indicate whether they have any relevant interests to declare.
I do not have any.
I refer to my entry in the register of members’ interests.
I have nothing relevant to declare.
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