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Good morning, and welcome to the 21st meeting in 2023 of the Finance and Public Administration Committee. I hope that everyone has had a good summer recess.
We have received apologies from Michelle Thomson.
Before we start, I thank those who participated so actively in our pre-budget scrutiny event last week in Largs and on the following day in West Kilbride. I know that members had lively and interesting discussions with local people, organisations and businesses about their priorities for the Scottish budget, which will help us with our pre-budget scrutiny. We will publish a summary of the discussions on our website in due course.
I record our thanks to Douglas Lumsden for all his hard work in supporting the committee鈥檚 scrutiny. I am pleased to welcome Jamie Halcro Johnston as a new member of the committee. We are also joined by Gordon MacDonald, who attends the meeting as a substitute member in Michelle Thomson鈥檚 absence.
I invite first Jamie, and then Gordon, to declare any relevant interests.
The only interests that might be of relevance are that I am a partner in a farming business and that I have a number of shares in Tetragen (Knapton) Ltd and in Standard Life.
I have no relevant interests to declare.
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