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Before I turn to item 1, I understand that some members of the committee would like to make declarations on record.
As this is our first evidence session, I want to reiterate what I placed on record at our first meeting, which is that I am a former minister and I attended Scottish Government Cabinet meetings between 2011 and 2018.
Likewise, although I was not in the Cabinet and was not involved in any way in the development or interpretation of this policy, I was, as people know, a minister between 2011 and 2018.
As you know, convener, I, too, have been a minister in all three Scottish National Party Governments, from 2007 to 2009, 2011 to 2014 and 2014 to 2018, in different roles. Like Dr Allan, I was not a member of the Cabinet, although, on occasion, I substituted at Cabinet meetings.
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