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Agenda item 2 is formal stage 2 proceedings of the Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Bill. I welcome the Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism, who is accompanied by Ria Phillips from the civil law reform unit and Neil MacLeod from the solicitors constitutional and civil law division of the Scottish Government.
We have no amendments to deal with, but under standing orders we are obliged to consider each section and the long title of the bill and to agree to each formally. Before we do that, I invite the minister to make any comments that he wishes to make.
I have no comments, convener.
Do members have any questions or comments?
Members: No.
We will take the sections in order and then the long title. Standing orders allow us to put a single question when groups of sections are to be considered consecutively.
Sections 1 to 7 agreed to.
Long title agreed to.
That completes stage 2 consideration of the bill. I thank the minister and his staff for coming along, and I thank members of the Scottish Law Commission for coming to witness this historic day. That is where we have got to—I look forward to stage 3.
I look forward to more meetings like this. [Laughter.]
Thank you, minister.
I suspend the meeting briefly to enable the minister and his staff to leave.
10:34 Meeting suspended.