The Parliament has rigid rules and, as agreed by the Parliament, on a nomination of the Parliamentary Bureau the deputy convener of the European Committee shall be drawn from the Labour party. I understand that John Home Robertson has been nominated. Does the committee approve the choice of John as our new deputy convener?
Mr John Home Robertson was chosen as deputy convener.
In that case, at this early stage in my career as a member of the European Committee, I take great pleasure in handing over the convenership to John Home Robertson, although we have decided that we will not change our seats.
Thank you, Colin. I hope that the rest of the meeting will go as smoothly as the part that you convened. This is the first meeting of the European Committee that I have attended, and it is a rather surprising honour to find myself in the chair in the absence of Hugh Henry.
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