Finance Committee, 16 Jan 2007

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Official Report 283KB pdf

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

Good morning. I welcome the press and the public to this morning's meeting. I start in the usual way by encouraging members to turn off all pagers, mobiles and BlackBerrys.

Frank McAveety has given his apologies; he has to attend a funeral. Peter Peacock has come along to join the committee's discussions—I welcome him.

Our first agenda item is a procedural matter. We have to decide whether to take item 3—our draft report on the Statistics and Registration Services Bill—in private at today's meeting and next week. I propose that we take the item in private later today, as per usual. Are members content with that?

Members indicated agreement.