Interests
Good afternoon and welcome to the Education, Culture and Sport Committee. I ask everyone present to turn off their pagers and mobile phones.
We welcome Karen Whitefield, who is the committee substitute for the Labour party. Karen is substituting for Karen Gillon, who is on maternity leave. This is Karen Whitefield's first meeting as substitute, so I advise her to declare any relevant interests that are included in the "Register of Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament".
I have no interests to declare.