Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023

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Interests

Good morning, and welcome to the 19th meeting in 2023 of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. I hope that everyone had a great summer.

I remind members and witnesses to ensure that all their devices are on silent and that all other notifications are turned off during the meeting. I apologise: I have a new gadget, and I am not quite sure how to turn off the notifications.

I welcome Pam Gosal, who is a new member of the committee, and invite her to declare any relevant interests.

Good morning, everybody. I have no interests to declare.

Thanks very much.

I invite other members to declare any relevant interests that they might have.

I direct members to my entry in the register of members’ interests. I was a councillor in West Dunbartonshire until 2022.

This is my first committee meeting since my entry in the register of members’ interests changed. I have ceased being the owner of a private rented property and a landlord. I was advised by a Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee clerk that I must make that declaration for a year following the cessation of that declaration.

Okay. Thanks very much.