Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the 15th meeting in 2017 of the Social Security Committee. I remind everyone to turn off their mobile phones and other devices, please, as they interfere with the recording equipment.
Agenda item 1 is a declaration of interests. I welcome Jeremy Balfour to the committee and put on record our thanks to his predecessor, Gordon Lindhurst, for his work on the committee. I ask Jeremy Balfour to declare any relevant interests.
Thank you, convener. Good morning. I have two interests to declare. I receive the personal independence payment and, until May last year, I served for 25 years as a member of the disability living allowance tribunal and then the PIP tribunal appeals service.
Thank you very much, Mr Balfour.
I also welcome back Mark Griffin and congratulate him on the birth of his baby. I put on record the committee’s thanks to Richard Leonard, who deputised for Mark Griffin during his absence.
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