Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 02 Sep 2008
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Official Report
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Decision on Taking Business in Private
Good afternoon and welcome to the 14th meeting this year of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. I ask members, witnesses and everyone else to switch off their mobile phones and BlackBerrys.
Agenda item 1 is to take a decision on taking business in private. I seek the committee's approval to take in private item 5 on today's agenda, and a paper on its work programme at its next meeting. Under item 5, members will be invited to agree the final draft of section 8 of the "Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament", which will involve discussion of the merits of suggestions made by members and other interested parties. It might be better to hold such discussions in private: in any case, their outcome will form part of the report which will, of course, be published in due course.
Do members agree to take these items in private?
Members indicated agreement.