Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, 27 Jun 2007

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Official Report 196KB pdf

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Interests

Good morning and welcome to the second meeting of the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee in the third session of the Scottish Parliament. I ask everyone to ensure that their phones and pagers—if anyone still carries that obsolete technology—are switched off. Given that members all carry BlackBerrys, they should be switched off too. I had to reprimand one of my colleagues who sat playing with his BlackBerry for a whole meeting yesterday. I texted him to say, "Switch the damn thing off"—please do not write that in the Official Report.

Item 1 is a declaration of interests. In accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct, I invite Gavin Brown to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee's remit.

I have been a director of a training company called Speak With Impact Ltd for about five years. I anticipate spending about a day a week with that company, for which I anticipate being paid between £10,000 and £15,000 per annum.

Thank you. That is very clear, which we appreciate.