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We will now proceed to the election of the convener. On a motion of the Parliamentary Bureau, the Parliament has decided that the party whose members are eligible to be convener of this committee is the Labour party. I invite any member from that party who wishes to stand to identify himself or herself and to confirm their candidature.
I am willing to stand.
Margaret Curran has intimated that she is the appropriate candidate. I take it that there are no other candidates. Would Ms Curran like an opportunity briefly to speak in support of her candidature?
Any politician can speak at length if given the opportunity to do so, but I will forgo that on this occasion.
I take it that there are no other nominations. That being the case, we have only one nomination before us—that of Margaret Curran.
Ms Margaret Curran was elected convener by acclamation.
I offer my congratulations to Margaret and hand over the chair to her.
I will give Bill Aitken his name plate, in case anyone confuses us.
I do not think that there is too much danger of that.
Thank you very much. This is a very inclusive committee—it is quite intimidating to sit here. I hope that we can relax as we proceed.