Education and Culture Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

Good morning and welcome to the 31st meeting in 2012 of the Education and Culture Committee. I remind members and those in the public gallery to switch off all electronic devices, because they interfere with the sound system.

The first item is a decision on whether to take in private agenda item 3, which is consideration of the committee’s work programme. Do members agree to that?

I move that we take item 3 in public.

We usually take such items in private. How do other members feel about it?

Normally we would take such items in private for very good reasons. Given the controversy around college funding, which we will discuss as part of the work programme, it is probably more appropriate for us to discuss it in public, although with obvious caveats as to how we do that.

I am comfortable to take item 3 in public.

As no other members wish to speak, we seem to be agreed to take item 3 in public.