I remind members to turn off mobile phones and pagers. I have received apologies only from Wendy Alexander, who will arrive later, and Michael Matheson.
Item 5 is on the committee's approach to the Prostitution Tolerance Zones (Scotland) Bill. We are the secondary committee on the bill; the Local Government Committee is the lead committee. We could freely consider in detail our approach to the work programme if item 5 is taken in private. Any decisions that the committee takes will be minuted. Do members agree to take that item in private?
Finally, I propose that we consider in private at our next meeting questions for witnesses on the Council of the Law Society of Scotland Bill. That will enable us to consider our detailed questioning. The questions will, of course, be put in public.
We shall now move into private session for the next four agenda items, which include our draft reports on the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill and the Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill. We previously agreed to discuss those reports in private. The final versions of the reports will be published as public documents. I ask the member of the public to leave the room.
Meeting continued in private.
Meeting continued in public.
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