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Does the committee agree to take in private agenda item 10, which is consideration of our draft annual report for the parliamentary year that is just about to finish?
No. I propose that we discuss the annual report in public because nothing in it is controversial. I note that just over half our meetings have been partly in private. It would be nice to finish the statistics by showing that most of our meetings are held in public. The annual report is the only agenda item that might be taken in private and it would be a useful exercise to take it in public.
In normal circumstances, I would disagree, because the report is a draft. That would apply particularly if the draft report was on a bill or an inquiry. However, given that the report is non-contentious, I am content to agree to discuss the item in public.