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Agenda item 3 is to consider the note on the committee away day that was held on 13 September. The note is provided for information and to allow members to make brief comments. The main point to draw attention to is the discussion on the work programme at the end of paragraph 6, particularly the part on oral questions. We hope that we will consider that matter further at our meeting on 9 November. During the away day, the suggestion arose that we might move to a system in which, rather than having members submit questions that are then selected at random, we could select the members, who would submit a question knowing that it would be taken that day. I will work on a paper with the clerks for submission to the committee. If members have any thoughts on how to improve question time, they should discuss them with the clerks to allow them to be included in the paper for consideration at future meetings.
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