Education, Culture and Sport Committee, 11 Dec 2001
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Official Report
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Deputy Convener
As the committee is now in public session, I ask committee members and members of the public to ensure that all mobile telephones and pagers are switched off or are in silent mode.
Agenda item 2 is the appointment of a deputy convener. I will go through the procedure. The Parliament agreed in December 1999 that the deputy convener of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee should be a member of the Labour party. Under standing order 12.1.9, when a deputy convener ceases to hold office, the committee must choose the successor from the same party. I therefore invite members to nominate a Labour member to be deputy convener. A seconder is not required.
I nominate Frank McAveety.
Do you accept the nomination, Mr McAveety?
Yes.
Are there any other nominations?
With my luck, there probably will be.
There are no further nominations.
Mr Frank McAveety was chosen as deputy convener.
I welcome Mr McAveety to the post of deputy convener. I will keep him very busy.