Subordinate Legislation Committee, 28 Oct 2008

Meeting date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Official Report 132KB pdf

---

Decision on Taking Business in Private

I welcome everyone to the 29th meeting in 2008 of the Subordinate Legislation Committee. We have apologies from Malcolm Chisholm. Can everyone turn off their mobiles and BlackBerrys?

Item 1 is to consider whether to take in private item 9, which is consideration of evidence on the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill. We have discussed this with our advisers. The session will give us the opportunity to clarify issues that have been raised by the evidence, and to express views on the evidence to inform our report. It is appropriate that we do that in private. Are we agreed?

Members indicated agreement.

Our witnesses for agenda item 2 do not seem to be here yet so, with the committee's permission, I will leapfrog to item 3. We will return to item 2 as and when.