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Chamber and committees

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, April 24, 2025


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The Convener (Martin Whitfield)

Good morning. I welcome everyone to the sixth meeting in 2025 of the Standards, Procedure and Public Appointments Committee. I have received apologies from Ruth Maguire, and I welcome Rona Mackay as her substitute.

Our first agenda item is a declaration of interests from a new member. I welcome to the committee Emma Roddick MSP and invite her to declare any interests that are relevant to her role on the committee.

Good morning, convener. I am very excited to be here. A relevant interest in my entry in the register is that I was a Highland councillor until May 2022.

The Convener

Excellent. I welcome you to the committee. I also seek the committee’s agreement to write to Joe FitzPatrick MSP to thank him for his contribution to the committee over the period of his tenure. Are members happy with that?

Members indicated agreement.