Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, June 5, 2014

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

I welcome everyone to the ninth meeting in 2014 of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. I remind everybody—members, witnesses and the teeming hordes in the public gallery—to switch off their mobile phones as they affect the broadcasting system. Some members—I am referring to George Adam—will refer to their tablets for the committee papers, as we are moving somewhat slowly, and some of us reluctantly, into the electronic world.

Item 1 is a decision on taking in private at future meetings our consideration of the review of the evidence and the issues for, and a draft report on, our inquiry into the procedures for considering legislation. Do members agree?

Members indicated agreement.

Sorry—I should have welcomed Mark Griffin, who is here today as a substitute for Margaret McDougall, who cannot be with us today. Welcome, Mark.