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I wish everybody a very happy and prosperous new year.As usual, I encourage members to switch off BlackBerrys, pagers, phones and any other devices that are likely to interfere with the electronic gadgetry.
Decision on Taking Business in Private Good morning. I open this second meeting in the new year of the Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee and remind everyone present that mobile phones and BlackBerrys should be switched off for the duration of the meeting.
Deputy Convener The next item of business is the choice of a new deputy convener. The Parliament has agreed that the deputy convener should come from among members of the Scottish National Party.
Seven in every 10 prisoners are identified as having mental health problems, one in every three visits to a general practitioner is to do with a mental health issue, and about 9 per cent of our population are on anti-depressants.
I would like to hear from the people from Argyll on that. We are a relatively new housing association, but developers have not highlighted that issue to us in the discussions that we have had.