 Good morning, and welcome to the first meeting of session 6 of the criminal justice committee. I'm Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, and as the oldest member of the committee, I have the pleasure of convening this meeting for the first two items of business. I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome all members, and I look forward to working with you on this committee. Before we move to the first item on the agenda, I'd like to remind everyone present to switch mobile phones to silent. No apologies have been received for the meeting. The first agenda item is for each of us to declare any interests we have that are relevant to the work of the committee. Background information is provided in the declaration of interest paper, that's paper one. I don't have any relevant interests to declare, and I'm going to go to each member in turn and invite you to declare any interests, and I'll go in alphabetical order. The first member that I'm turning to is Katie Clark, MSP. I don't have any relevant interests to declare. Thank you. Russell Findlay, MSP. As a journalist, I reported extensively on policing and organised crime, and I'm married to a police officer. Jamie Greene, MSP. No relevant interests to declare. Thanks, Rona. I am a registered social worker, and I was practicing criminal justice social worker for approximately five years prior to election to the Parliament in 2016. Thanks, Fulton. Pauline McNeill, MSP. Thank you, convener. My husband formerly was a member of the criminal bar. He's no longer practicing. I don't think that it's a relevant interest, but I would like to declare that. Thank you, convener. No relevant interests to declare, thank you. Thank you. Collette Stevenson, MSP. Thank you, convener. I have no relevant interests to declare. Thank you. Agenda item 2 is the committee's task to choose a convener, and the procedure for that is explained in the choice of convener paper. That's paper 2. The Parliament has agreed that only members of the Scottish National Party are eligible for nomination as convener of the committee. I understand that Audrey Nicholl is that party's nominee to be agreed to choose Audrey as our convener. Thank you. That's unanimous. Can I congratulate Audrey on her appointment? I'm going to hand the chair over to you, Audrey. Thank you very much. I begin by thanking my fellow committee members for their agreement to my nomination as convener of the criminal justice committee. I very much look forward to working with you all on getting our committee business under way. The committee's next task is to choose a deputy convener. The Parliament has agreed that only members of the Scottish Conservative Unionist Party are eligible for nomination as deputy convener of the committee. I understand that Russell Finlay is the party's nominee for this post. Do we agree to choose Russell as our deputy convener? Thank you very much. That's unanimous. Congratulations, Russell, on your appointment. Thank you. Does anyone disagree? Could you please type in in the chat box? We are all agreed. Thank you very much. That completes our business in public. The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for after the summer recess and details will be sent to members and published in the business bulletin. I will now move over to the MS Teams platform. I invite members to disconnect from BlueJeans and leave the meeting, and then open the separate link to the MS Teams meeting provided by the clerks.