Good afternoon and welcome to the meeting. We have received apologies from Helen Eadie. I ask Paul Martin to confirm that he is attending as a Labour substitute committee member.
I confirm that that is the position.
Item 1 on the agenda is consideration of whether to take in private item 6, which will allow us to consider provisional options for evidence gathering on the Human Tissue (Scotland) Bill. Does the committee agree to take item 6 in private?
Members indicated agreement.