Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023

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Interests

Good morning, and welcome to the second meeting of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee of 2023. Since last we met, we sadly have lost the services of Paul Sweeney MSP, who has been with the committee since the start of the current session of Parliament. I place on record my thanks to Paul. He was a very proactive member of the committee and I very much enjoyed his insights and sometimes—I suppose he would not mind me saying—out-of-left-field thinking in response to some of the petitions.

I am absolutely delighted to welcome Carol Mochan to the committee in Paul’s place. Carol has been with us before as a substitute, but now joins us as a full member of the committee. Although, in that capacity, she made a declaration of interests, just for completeness’ sake, and for the record, I invite her to do so again this morning.

It is good to join the committee. I will pass on your best wishes to Paul. I have nothing to declare at this time.