 Well good morning and welcome to the first meeting of the Pentland Hills Regional Park Boundary Bill Committee in this fourth session of the Scottish Parliament. Anyone wishing to use tablet devices or mobile phones during the meeting? Well there isn't anybody in the public gallery so I don't have to instruct them to switch them to flight mode, but members may of course consult with tablets or other devices during the meeting if that's how they access their papers. Under Rule 12.1.6 of Standing Orders the first meeting of a committee after it's established by the Parliament shall be chaired by the oldest committee member until a convener is chosen and I appear to have the dubious privilege of being that member. So our first item of business today is to declare any interests that members of the committee might have. And in accordance with Section 3 of the Code of Conduct I invite members to declare any interest relevant to the remit of the committee. I would remind members that any declaration should be brief but sufficiently detailed to make it clear to any neutral listener the nature of that interest. So I have to ask the members individually and I'll start with Mike McKenzie. Thank you convener. I'm no interest to declare except to direct the committee to my register of interest. Thank you very much James Dornan. I've got no relevant interest to declare. David Stewart. Can we have no interest to declare? Similarly I have no interest to declare other than anything that is on my register of interest which would not prejudice my position on this committee. Thank you very much. The second item is the choice or is to choose a convener. Parliament has agreed that the convener should come from the Scottish National Party in this particular instance and that being the case I wonder if I could seek a nomination for the position of convener. I was blanking on me at James Dornan. Thank you very much. The need of seconder body has been seconded by David Stewart. Are there any other nominations? There are no other nominations. Therefore I would ask the committee to agree that James Dornan MSP be chosen as the convener of the committee. Are we all agreed? We are agreed. I congratulate James Dornan on his appointment and very willingly hand over the chair to the remainder of the proceedings. James. Thank you Alex. We now move on to agenda item three which is a selection of a deputy convener. Members will have before them a note from the clerk setting out the procedure for selecting a deputy convener. As you will see, the procedure is similar to that used to select the convener of a committee. Can I invite nominations for the position of deputy convener? I would be delighted to nominate David Stewart and the convener. Thank you. Any other nominations? One nomination has been received and I therefore ask the committee to agree that David Stewart MSP be chosen as deputy convener of the Pentland Hills Regional Park Boundary Bill Committee. Are we all agreed? We are agreed. Thank you. The fourth item of business today is to decide whether to take the next agenda item in private. Consideration of the committee's approach to scrutiny of the Pentland Hills Regional Park Boundary Bill. Are we all agreed? We are agreed. Therefore the committee will now move into private session. Thank you.