Good morning and welcome to the first meeting in 2015 of the Health and Sport Committee—a good new year to you all.
I ask everyone who does not require them to switch off mobile phones, tablet devices or other electronic equipment, because they can sometimes interfere with the broadcasting system. However, people will notice that committee members, clerks and others are using electronic devices instead of hard copies of our papers.
I welcome Patrick Harvie MSP, who joins us for agenda item 4.
Item 1 is a decision on taking business in private. I invite the committee to agree to take item 5 in private today and at future meetings. Item 5 is consideration of the themes that emerge from our evidence sessions on the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. Are we agreed?
Members indicated agreement.
Secondly, I invite members to agree to take item 6 in private today and at future meetings. Item 6 is our consideration of a draft stage 1 report on the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill. Are we agreed?
Members indicated agreement.