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We stay with cross-party groups for agenda item 2. Members will have received an update on our application for external research and a draft letter that sets out the procedures for cross-party groups during dissolution. We are asked to note the paper on our external research bid, which the Conveners Group accepted at its meeting yesterday, so the tendering process is under way. Do members have comments on the draft letter that the clerks have prepared on the procedures during dissolution? The letter should go to all cross-party group conveners and secretaries.
The letter is admirable, but perhaps it should include an additional sentence to remind people that there is an on-going review of cross-party groups, as they might wonder what is happening with that.
That is a good point.
It might be helpful to mention the review and the research.
Are members happy with that suggestion?