Item 2 concerns witness expenses for the committee's scrutiny of the Management of Offenders etc (Scotland) Bill. The committee should, it is suggested, decide whether to delegate to me as convener responsibility for arranging with the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to pay under rule 12.4.3 any expenses of witnesses to the inquiry. That is simply to avoid the bureaucratic nightmare of trying to get specific authorisation each time. Is the committee content that I deal with that in conjunction with the SPCB?
Members indicated agreement.