Local Government and Regeneration Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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Interests

I wish everyone a good morning and a happy new year, and welcome you to the first meeting in 2012 of the Local Government and Regeneration Committee. As usual, I ask everyone to ensure that their many electronic devices are switched off, to ensure that they do not interfere with the sound system.

I welcome to the committee our new Labour Party members—Anne McTaggart and John Pentland—and pay tribute to former members Kez Dugdale and Mark Griffin, both of whom played constructive roles on the committee. I thank them for that and wish them well in their new roles, as I am sure all members do.

Members: Hear, hear.

Our first agenda item is to invite the new members of the committee to declare any relevant interests.

My only interest to declare is that I am a councillor with North Lanarkshire Council.

I, too, am a councillor, but with Glasgow City Council.

Would other members like to declare interests?

As I normally do, I declare an interest as a member of Aberdeen City Council but, beyond that, because today’s business touches on police and fire reform, I should declare that I am a member of Grampian police board.

I declare an interest as an elected member of Fife Council.

I declare an interest as a member of Fife Council.