Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, November 9, 2023

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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.