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Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: 22 June 2021
John Mason
I congratulate Kenneth Gibson on his appointment. I will hand over to him to convene the rest of the meeting.
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: 22 June 2021
John Mason
Welcome to the first meeting of the Finance and Public Administration Committee in session 6. It falls to me to lead the first two items on the agenda, because I am the oldest member of the committee. It was something of a shock to find out that I am the oldest member of the committee, but there we go.
The committee has seven members. I welcome all members, and I look forward to working with them in the interests of the public. I find the committee work in Parliament to be among the most fulfilling and satisfying things that we do, and I very much look forward to being on a finance committee once again and to working with everybody else.
I remind people to switch off their mobile phones, as they can be heard if your microphones are on. We have received no apologies.
Agenda item 1 is declarations of interests. Each of us has to declare any interests that we have that are relevant to the work of the committee. Background information has been provided to members.
I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. ICAS often has input into the committee, so I thought that I should declare that interest.