The purpose of agenda item 3 is to seek approval for the order of consideration of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill at stage 2. Committee members will be aware that we will have a private meeting with the Cabinet Secretary for Justice later this morning. The thinking behind the motion is that, as described in the papers that have been issued for that private meeting, the Government will need to introduce certain amendments. That is why there is a slight change in the proposed order of consideration.
That the Justice Committee considers the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2 in the following order: sections 1 to 8, section 13, sections 9 to 12, sections 14 to 37, schedule 1, section 38, schedule 2, sections 39 to 42, schedule 3, sections 43 to 48, schedules 4 and 5, section 49 and the long title.
Motion agreed to.
The committee will now move into private session.
Meeting continued in private until 11:43.
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