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Leaving aside the huge disruption that moving the toll booths will cause, the move will double the debt on the Tay bridge to about £26 million. That will make it difficult for the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board to meet its obligations to pay the debt off by 2016 and will burden the people of Tayside and Fife with tolls for decades to come."
Deputy Convener Gordon Jackson was the deputy convener, so a vacancy has come about and we must choose a new one. Under rule 12.1.4 of standing orders, the Parliament has agreed that members of the Labour Party are eligible for nomination as deputy convener.I seek nominations from among members of that party.
Interests I welcome members to the first meeting of the Procedures Committee in the Holyrood building. I hope that members find the new surroundings amenable to entertaining discussion on procedures.
All other committee members are present.As we have already decided to have an evidence-taking session on petition PE327, I seek the committee's agreement to deal with current petitions before we move on to new petitions. Are members agreed?Members indicated agreement.
We have had so many changes to the membership of the committee in recent months that although we have had a reporter for race issues and one for gender issues, we have not had reporters for sexual orientation and disability issues. We have new members on the committee now. Instead of my asking for volunteers, I suggest that members who are interested in the...