Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, June 23, 2021

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Interests

Good morning. Welcome to the first meeting in session 6 of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. I am a member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian and, as the oldest member of the committee, I have the pleasure of convening the first two items of business this morning. I welcome all the members of the committee. I very much look forward to working with everyone.

Before we move to the first item on the agenda, I remind everyone to turn their mobile phones to silent.

Agenda item 1 is declarations of interests. This is a chance for everyone on the committee to declare any interests that they have that are relevant to the work of the committee. I will start by saying that I do not have any relevant interests that I wish to declare.

I have no relevant interests to declare.

I have nothing in particular to report, but I refer people to my entry in the register of members’ interests.

I have no relevant interests to declare.

I do not think that I have any registered interests that I am required to declare, but I draw members’ attention to the voluntary section of my entry in the register of members’ interests, which says that I am an associate member of the National Union of Journalists. Since joining this committee, I have asked for an addition to the voluntary section to show that I am a vice-president of the European Movement in Scotland.

I will take this opportunity to say that I am also one of the vice-presidents of the European Movement in Scotland. That is in the voluntary section of my entry in the register of members’ interests, too. Thanks for that reminder, Patrick.

I have no relevant interests to declare, but I refer people to my entry in the register of members’ interests, particularly the entry in the voluntary section that says that I am a trustee of a museum.

I have no relevant interests to declare.

I thank everybody. For the information of people who are watching this broadcast, I point out that people can see our entries in the register of members’ interests and our voluntary records on our pages on the Scottish Parliament website.