Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Official Report 416KB pdf

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Decisions on Taking Business in Private

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the fifth meeting in 2012 of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. I remind members to turn off mobile phones and BlackBerrys. We have received apologies from Margaret McCulloch. I also believe that John Lamont will be a wee bit late, so we will have to leave agenda item 1, which is his declaration of interests, until he arrives.

I suggest, therefore, that we move to agenda item 2. Does the committee agree to take its draft report on parliamentary reform standing order changes in private at a future meeting?

Members indicated agreement.

Does the committee also agree to take in private item 6, which is consideration of a draft report on standing order changes, and item 7, which is consideration of the evidence received for our review of section 7 of the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament”?

Members indicated agreement.