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At our away day we discussed whether, in consideration of the draft Local Governance (Scotland) Bill, it would be useful for us to arrange visits to take evidence from areas such as Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which already have the system of local government elections that we are considering introducing in Scotland. Members agreed that it would be a good idea for us to visit both those places to see how the single transferable vote system works. I seek formal committee approval for the visits. We will then submit a bid to the Conveners Group, detailing the cost. Is that agreed?
Members indicated agreement.
That brings us to the end of the meeting. I thank committee members for their participation. At the start of the meeting, I forgot to say that we had received apologies from Michael McMahon, but I note that now.
Meeting closed at 15:43.
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