Welfare Reform Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, February 23, 2012
Official Report
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Convener
Item 2 is the choice of convener. I ask for nominations for convener.
I nominate Michael McMahon and offer him my enthusiastic support.
Michael McMahon has been nominated. Are there any other nominations? As there are none, I ask the committee to agree that Michael McMahon should be chosen as convener.
Michael McMahon was chosen as convener.
I congratulate Michael McMahon on his appointment and hand the chair to him with pleasure. I will run away—have nameplate, will travel.
I will give Margaret Burgess a minute or two to find her place.
I thank colleagues for the endorsement. I know that these things are done by agreement, but it is still nice to be given this opportunity by my committee colleagues. I look forward to working closely with you all on the important task that is ahead of us.
It might be worth commenting on my nomination by Alex Johnstone, as I heard him on the radio last night denigrating the committee’s work before it had started. His overnight conversion to enthusiastic endorsement of me in my role might augur well.