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We move now to the public part of our meeting—although agenda item 2, ironically, is to consider whether to take items in private. It is recommended that the committee agree to take item 4, and all subsequent considerations of its report on the early years inquiry, in private. The reasons for the recommendation are, first and most important, that it will allow the committee's adviser, Kathy Sylva, to take part in all our discussions on the scope and drafting of the report, and secondly, it will allow committee members to discuss the scope, content and drafting of the report in a frank, open and constructive way, which sometimes does not happen when discussions are held in public. Do members agree with the recommendation?
I agree—not for the second reason but for the first. Parliamentary rules state that, if we want our adviser to take part, we have to hold the discussions in private.
Are members content with the recommendation?