Local Government Committee, 13 Mar 2001

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 13, 2001

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Items in Private

The meeting is now open, comrades. Agenda item 1 is an odd item and concerns whether members agree that the committee should go into private session for the next 15 minutes.

Members will notice from the agenda that, if we agree to item 1, all future items pertaining to the lines of questioning for the local government finance inquiry will be in private for 10 or 15 minutes before questioning officially starts. We will not, therefore, have to go through the procedure at every meeting.

Item 6 has to be taken in private because we will be deciding or not deciding, as the case may be, on the consultation on a relief scheme for small businesses in respect of non-domestic rates. We have to consider suggestions for an adviser.

Are members agreed to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.

Meeting continued in private.

Meeting continued in public.