Decision on Taking Business in Private
I welcome everyone to the 12th meeting in 2009 of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.
We have received an apology from Robert Brown.
Item 1 is a decision on whether to take in private items 3 and 4. The committee previously agreed to consider in private a paper on the review of section 2 of the code of conduct for members of the Scottish Parliament. I propose that we take in private item 3, on the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Bill, because the committee has yet to agree the rule changes that it will recommend, and item 4, on the committee's work programme, because this will be our first opportunity to consider the merits of two items of work that have been referred to the committee. Do members agree to take items 3 and 4 in private?
Members indicated agreement.