 We now move to agenda item 2 of this, the 25th meeting of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee in 2022. I would like to welcome Stephen Kerr MSP to this meeting. He is substituting for Alexander Stewart. Can I invite Stephen Kerr to make a declaration of any interests relevant to the committee's remit? Thank you, convener, and thank you for having me on the committee. I have had experience of working in relation to work connected with public affairs, and I would advise those who are watching and listening if they wish to know the details to go to my register of interests. Thank you. The committee has been considering a complaint about a member of the Scottish Parliament. I will now read a statement that sets out the committee's findings. On behalf of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, I would like to make the following statement in relation to a complaint against Jackson Carlaw MSP. The committee has carefully considered the commissioner's report on the complaint that Jackson Carlaw MSP failed to declare a registered financial interest prior to the commencement of scrutiny of Public Petition PE 1879 by the Citizens Participation and Public Petitions Committee on 6 October 2021. The committee is unanimous in the conclusions and decision reached. The committee notes that Jackson Carlaw MSP declared an interest at the beginning of the Citizens Participation and Public Petitions Committee on 6 October 2021 as the convener of the cross-party group on building bridges with Israel in the previous parliamentary session. However, the declaration did not refer to the financial interest in the member's register, which was the £2,200 cost of an overseas visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories funded by the Embassy of Israel in the United Kingdom. It would therefore appear that Jackson Carlaw MSP did not fully recognise or understand the requirement to declare a relevant financial interest in advance of proceedings relating to that matter. The committee recognises that Jackson Carlaw MSP took and acted on advice in relation to the consideration of petition PE 1879. In his representations, Jackson Carlaw MSP states that he recused himself entirely from consideration of the petition and from any determination and that he cast no vote and advised the petitioner in the usual way and in terms drafted by the committee clerks. The committee considers that this demonstrated the intent of Jackson Carlaw MSP to address any perceived conflict of interest. The committee further notes, the commissioners findings that the advice given to Jackson Carlaw MSP referred only to him being convener of the CPG and not to his overseas visit and concurs with the commissioners' view that it is unlikely that he, Jackson Carlaw, intentionally withheld information about the overseas visit in an attempt to hide that information. However, the steps taken by Jackson Carlaw MSP did not meet the requirements of the interests of the interests of the members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006 and the code of conduct for MSPs in relation to the declaration of registerable financial interests. For this reason, the committee must conclude that Jackson Carlaw MSP breached section 131 of the 2006 act and section 2 paragraph 6 to 8 of the code of conduct of MSPs. The committee therefore agrees with the commissioners findings in fact and conclusion that Jackson Carlaw's conduct in not declaring a financial interest breached the 2006 act and the code. A finding of a breach of the 2006 act and the code of conduct is a serious matter. Acknowledging the efforts made by Jackson Carlaw MSP to act with propriety, the committee is of the view that its agreement with the commissioner on the finding of a breach is sanction enough. The committee intends to write to all members to remind them of the requirements to declare a financial interest in any matter before taking part in any proceedings of the parliament relating to that matter. In addition, members will be reminded that the standards clerks can provide advice to them on any matters relating to the registration or declaration of financial interests and that they should seek that advice where any questions arise. Full details of the complaint and the commissioners investigation of it will be included in the committee's report, which will be published later this afternoon. Thank you. We will now move into private session.