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We will move on to PR/99/3/8, which is a note of some issues that have been forwarded to us from other areas, and which we will discuss soon. The matter of the participation of non-MSPs in the work of committees is back with the conveners. We have a paper by Elizabeth Watson that says that there is not a lot we can do, as involving non-MSPS in committee work on a standing basis would require a change to the Scotland Act 1998. Committees should therefore use their right to draw in advisers and to invite people to take part in discussions without formally co-opting them to committees. I do not recommend that we take that matter further. We will receive reports on the other matters in due course.
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