Subordinate Legislation Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Official Report
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Interests
Good afternoon. Welcome to the first meeting of the Subordinate Legislation Committee in the fourth session of the Scottish Parliament. The paper before me says that it is in my capacity as the “older member” of the committee, rather than the “oldest member”, that it is my job to sit here temporarily as convener. I thank Irene Fleming for that.
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We have received apologies from John Scott.
Item 1 is a declaration of interests. As was indicated before the meeting, members have received the relevant information. I invite members to declare their interests in accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct for members of the Scottish Parliament. I remind members that any declaration should be brief and succinct, but sufficiently detailed to make clear the nature of their interest and its impact, if any, on the conduct of committee business.
I will start. I am a shareholder in three companies, two of which are in the process of liquidation. One is a sheet metal company, in which I hold 20 per cent of the shares. I have a 10 per cent share in a software company—I have written to the directors, transferring my shares back to the company. I hold 25 per cent of the shares in an electronics company, which is now in the process of liquidation. I resigned some time ago as director of those companies.
I draw members’ attention to my entry in the register of interests of members of the Scottish Parliament, but I do not think that anything in it has any substantial connection with the committee.
I echo Nigel Don’s comments. I have nothing of any substantial interest to the committee.
The same is generally true for me. I continue to be a director of a small property development company and I am the major shareholder in that company.
I have no registrable interests, but I have a number of voluntary items in my entry in the register of interests.
I have no entries in the register of interests that would be of interest to the committee.
Thank you.