Local Government Committee,
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Official Report
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Items in Private
I move on to the business of the meeting.
I am afraid that I must ask members to agree to discuss three items in private today. Item 4 is on the local government finance inquiry. If we do not agree to take item 4 in private, the researchers from the Scottish Parliament information centre will not be able to speak to the committee about their proposals or about why they reached their conclusions.
Item 5 is on the committee's draft report on the non-domestic rates consultation which, members will recall, we considered last week. I hope that we will be able to sign off that report today. The adviser will not be able to speak if we hold that discussion in public.
Item 6 is on the budget process. Again, the adviser will not be able to speak if we discuss that item in public.
Do members agree to discuss those items in private?
Members indicated agreement.