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I welcome members of the press and public to today's meeting of the Local Government and Transport Committee. Before we deal with our first agenda item, which is a declaration of interests by David McLetchie, I thank David Davidson for his service on the committee. He was a regular attender of meetings and an active participant in them. We wish him all the best in his new role, which I believe is chairing one of the justice committees.
Thank you very much, convener. I look forward to participating in the committee's work for the remainder of the parliamentary session. Given that we will question a representative of Diageo later in the meeting, there is a specific interest that I wish to declare. I draw the committee's attention to the fact that last year I received hospitality from Diageo on the occasion of its golf championship at Gleneagles, which was a most enjoyable occasion. However, I do not think that that will be particularly germane to the questions that are asked today.
Thank you very much for that.