Let us get down to business. The first item is a declaration of relevant interests and I think the easiest way to do that is to go round the table. I should first declare that I have no interests to declare.
I have no interests to declare.
I will simply repeat the interests that I declared for the general purposes of the Parliament. I remain as a partner in my law firm, Donaldson, Alexander, Russell and Haddow, in Glasgow. I am a member of the court of Strathclyde University, which might be more relevant to this committee and which is unremunerated. I am a director of the board of the Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust, which is also an unremunerated post. I hold a position on the Salvation Army West of Scotland Advisory Board, which is certainly unremunerated.
You have described a very busy life.
I am a director of Eastern Holdings Ltd, which is an Edinburgh company mainly concerned with motor distribution. I see no conflict of interest between that and the work of the committee.
I have no interests to declare.
I have no interests to declare.
To the best of my knowledge, I have no interests to declare.
I have no interests to declare.
I have no interests to declare.
I am a director of East Ayrshire Employment Initiative, which is a publicly funded organisation. I receive no remuneration from that directorship, but it may well be subject to issues that relate to this committee, which is why I am declaring that interest now.
We have now been joined by Euan Robson. Do you have any interests to declare, once you catch your breath?
I have a fairly modest interest to declare. I have been the secretary and treasurer of an angling association for the past three or four years, which gives me an honorarium of £500 a year, and I intend to continue in that post until a specific project has been completed. My wife is a partner in a draper's business but there is no issued share capital. I have nothing other than that to declare.
I apologise, Mr Robson. I should have given you a moment to get your breath back. The moral is, either arrive on time or try keep-fit courses.