Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, November 9, 2023

Official Report 619KB pdf

Interests

Good morning, and welcome to the 28th meeting of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee in 2023. We have received no apologies.

We have had a change in committee membership. Under agenda item 1, I welcome to the committee John Mason, who replaces James Dornan. I thank James for his valued contribution to the committee.

I invite John Mason to declare any relevant interests.

I do not think I have anything relevant to declare.

I should declare that I was previously a councillor, from 2003 to 2022.

I was previously a councillor, from 2012 to 2022.

I was also a councillor, from 2017 to the end of that term.

I will declare an interest as well. I, too, was a local councillor, for South Lanarkshire, from 2017 to 2021.

I will join in with everybody else. I was a councillor in City of Edinburgh Council, from 2005 to 2017.

I do not see any other hands up, so we will move on.