Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, 10 Sep 2008

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Official Report 285KB pdf

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Interests

Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you to the 16th meeting in 2008 of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee. It falls to me to open the meeting as the oldest member, which is quite a distinction. I thought that my teenage years were still ahead of me, but there we are—it falls on me, on the verge of my 64th birthday, to take the chair. I trust that members consent, and that I may go ahead with the business of the meeting, which will be to elect the real convener of the committee, and his deputy.

First, I must ask both candidates to declare any interests that they have in any businesses that might be affected by the operations of the committee.

I have no relevant interests to declare that would affect the business of the committee.

I do not believe that I have any interests that conflict with my job here; my interests are in my entry in the register of members' interests for anyone to read.