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It would be appropriate to thank him for all his hard work on the committee and his assistance to me. I welcome our new member, Alasdair Morgan, and ask him to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee’s remit.
Usually we would take oral evidence on a number of new petitions, but we will not do that today because we need to process as many current petitions as possible.
I ask members to turn off any mobile phones and so on.I welcome Margaret Curran as a new member of the committee. In accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct, I invite her to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee's remit.
I do not have any relevant interests to declare at this time. However, I am delighted to be a new member of the Local Government and Communities Committee.
The committee may wish to welcome the swift correction by the Food Standards Agency and the Scottish Government of the omission from the Guar Gum (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/176). That is good news and we can go home happy.
I wish each and every one of you around the table and in the room a very happy new year—all the best for 2008.We have received apologies from Jackson Carlaw.
Every public service in Scotland is making preparations for the time of austerity to come.Annabel Goldie is being a bit disingenuous not to accept that her new Chancellor of the Exchequer announced only this week a public consultation on the comprehensive spending review.