Committee
Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee 24 June 2026 [Draft]
24 Jun 2026 · S7 · Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee
Item of business
Interests
Good morning, and welcome to the first meeting of the Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee in the seventh session of the Scottish Parliament. I take this opportunity to welcome all our members. I look forward to working with you, the clerking team and the witnesses who appear before us during this session of Parliament.Agenda item 1 in this first meeting is a declaration of interests. This is an opportunity for members to declare any interests that are relevant to the work of the committee in accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct. Background information in relation to that is available in the committee papers, which are on the website and have been circulated to members. In alphabetical order, I will invite members to declare any interests or to state whether they have any relevant interests to declare.I will go first, by stating that I have no relevant interests to declare.
In the same item of business
The Convener (Craig Hoy)
Con
Good morning, and welcome to the first meeting of the Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee in the seventh session of the Scottish Parliamen...
Steven Bonnar (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP)
SNP
I have no relevant interests.
Gary Bouse (Falkirk West) (SNP)
SNP
I have a number of interests. I am a sitting councillor on Falkirk Council. For five years, I was resources portfolio holder, which is on finance. For the pa...
The Convener
Con
You are obviously on the right committee.
Gary Bouse
SNP
No—I am on the wrong one.
Kate Campbell (Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent) (SNP)
SNP
I resigned as a councillor on 4 June. Until then, I was in local government for nine years. In my nine years as a councillor, I sat on a number of arm’s-leng...
Mark Griffin (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Lab)
Lab
I have no relevant interests to declare.
Morven-May MacCallum (Highlands and Islands) (LD)
LD
I am a councillor with Highland Council.
Thomas Kerr (Glasgow) (Reform)
Reform
I am still a sitting councillor in Glasgow City Council. For full transparency, I also sit on the licensing board of that council.
The Convener
Con
Thank you very much.