Agenda item 4 should not take much time.
Oh, you do not know us.
Item 4 concerns a couple of minor procedural changes to standing orders. The first is the location where the Parliament normally meets. After the summer recess, we hope that that will not be the Mound. The second is to change standing orders to reflect our actual practice for budget debates, which differs from what standing orders say. Are members content that we consider a report on those issues at our next meeting?
What sort of majority is required in a meeting of the full Parliament before such changes to standing orders can be made?
A simple majority is required.
That is no fun.
I do not want us getting into a vote on whether we should move to Holyrood.
It would certainly liven up the atmosphere.
It would be interesting if we then ended up having our meetings on the Mound itself.
On the big grassy bit.
Anyway, are members agreed that we should consider a report at our next meeting on the required changes to standing orders?
We agreed earlier that agenda item 5 will be taken in private, so I bring the public part of today's meeting to a close and ask any remaining members of the public and the official report staff to withdraw.
Meeting continued in private until 13:19.
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