Good morning and welcome to the Health and Sport Committee’s 27th meeting in 2015. As usual, I ask everyone in the room to turn off mobile phones, as they can interfere with the sound system. I point out that many of us around the table are using tablet devices instead of hard copies of our papers.
Agenda item 1 is a decision on taking business in private. Does the committee agree to take in private item 6, which is consideration of our approach to scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s draft budget 2016-17, and item 8, which is consideration of our approach to our work programme? As members will know, we normally consider such papers in private.
Members indicated agreement.