Equal Opportunities Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Official Report
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Decision on Taking Business in Private
Good afternoon and welcome to the third meeting of the Equal Opportunities Committee in the fourth session of the Scottish Parliament. I remind everybody, including members, that mobile phones and BlackBerrys should be turned off completely—I will now turn off mine—as they interfere with the sound system, even when they are switched to silent.
I have received apologies from Siobhan McMahon. I welcome to the meeting Anne McTaggart, who is the Labour Party’s substitute member.
We have around the table Clare Adamson, John Finnie, Margaret Mitchell, Dennis Robertson and Stuart McMillan, who is the deputy convener. We are joined by our clerks, Douglas Thornton and Neil Stewart. Nicki Georghiou, who is at the back, is from the Scottish Parliament information centre. We are also joined by the official report and our broadcasting colleagues. I welcome all of them and the members of the public who are here.
Agenda item 1 is a decision on taking business in private. As we will discuss witnesses and potential advisers under items 4 and 5, do members agree to take those items in private, in line with the usual practice?
Members indicated agreement.