Good morning. I welcome everyone to the 11th meeting of the Justice Committee in 2012. I ask everyone to switch off mobile phones and other electronic devices completely, as they interfere with the broadcasting system even when they are switched to silent. No apologies for absence have been received. I welcome Lewis Macdonald to the meeting.
The committee will also decide whether its consideration of the main themes arising from the evidence received on the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill and the draft stage 1 report on the bill should be taken in private at future meetings. Do members agree to do so?
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