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Good morning, and welcome to the third meeting in 2026 of the Public Petitions Committee. Ahead of today’s meeting, we received apologies from David Torrance. On behalf of all committee members, I welcome Cara McKee back to the committee and wish her well in her recovery.Ahead of each meeting, we notify members who are not members of the committee of petitions that they have expressed an interest in. We have been advised that we will be joined by David Green for our discussion of petition PE2224 and Kim Schmulian for our discussion of PE2231. I welcome Helen McDade for our discussion of PE2226 and PE2227, on business improvement districts.I also welcome those who are attending in the public gallery. I remind everyone that only members sitting at the table can participate in the committee’s formal proceedings, so no heckling, please.I remind all members and visitors to ensure that their mobile phones, laptops and so on are on silent and that all notifications are turned off to avoid any disruption.