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The first item on the agenda deals with the declaration of new members' interests. We have three new members and I will simply ask each in turn to declare any relevant interests.
I am not sure what I am meant to declare, but I should mention that I am still a member of the Faculty of Advocates and therefore have a monetary interest in legal matters and in particular in the workings of the Scottish Legal Aid Board and legal aid regulations. In fact, such regulations rarely apply to me, but, strictly speaking, I have an interest in those matters.
I do not think that I have any interests to declare, apart from the fact that one of my daughters is a lawyer and the other is a policewoman.
I do not think that I have any interests to declare either, apart from the fact that I am still a serving councillor with responsibilities in the area of housing.