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Good morning, and welcome to the 21st meeting in 2025 of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.
Our first agenda item is a decision on taking business in private. Agenda item 3 is consideration of proposed changes in relation to the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016; item 4 is consideration of a draft report from the chair of the independent review of the process for determining electoral boundaries in Scotland; and item 5 is consideration of a complaint about a cross-party group. Do we agree to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private?
Members indicated agreement.
I have received apologies from Annie Wells, who will not be joining us this morning. I apologise to her and to those watching for not saying that at the outset.