1st Meeting, 2021

Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Session: 6
Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
Meeting opened at: 09:15am
Meeting closed at: 09:50am

Committee Members Attendees

Kenneth Gibson
Patrick Harvie
Daniel Johnson
Douglas Lumsden
John Mason
Liz Smith
Michelle Thomson

1 Declaration of interests: 

Members of the Committee were invited to declare any relevant interests. The following interests were declared—

John Mason declared an interest as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland;

Kenneth Gibson had no relevant interests to declare;

Michelle Thomson declared interests as a former employee of Standard Life, a former employee of RBS, a sole trader of a property investment company, a director of a property management company, a former adviser to the Northern Ireland Assembly all party group on fair banking and finance, and as an ambassador of the Westminster all party parliamentary group for fair business banking;

Liz Smith had no relevant interests to declare;

Douglas Lumsden declared an interest as a member of Aberdeen City Council;

Daniel Johnson declared interests as a director and sole shareholder of a retail company, a member of the USDAW and Community trade unions and as the vice chair of the ADHD Foundation;

Patrick Harvie had no relevant interests to declare.

2 Choice of Convener:

The Committee chose Kenneth Gibson as its Convener. 

3 Choice of Deputy Convener:

The Committee chose Daniel Johnson as its Deputy Convener.

4 Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 5 in private.

5 Work programme:

The Committee considered and agreed its approach to developing its work programme and agreed to hold a Business Planning Day.