Good morning everyone, and welcome to the 16th meeting in 2014 of the Welfare Reform Committee. I ask everyone to make sure that mobile phones and other electronic devices are switched off or at least set to airplane mode.
Linda Fabiani has sent her apologies for today and the next few weeks. I do not know how many meetings she will have to miss, but she has been replaced this morning and during the period when she will not be available by her colleague Kenneth Gibson MSP. I welcome him to the committee.
Thank you, convener. It is good to be back at the Welfare Reform Committee.
Our first item of business is a decision on whether to take item 3, which is consideration of the evidence received on the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill, in private. Do members agree to do that?
Members indicated agreement.
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