Finance Committee

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

Good morning and welcome to the 10th meeting this session of the Finance Committee. I ask all present to turn off mobile phones, pagers and BlackBerrys.

I have apologies from Margaret McCulloch, who will be replaced by Mary Fee. Sadly, Alex Johnstone will no longer be a member of the committee after this meeting. I take the opportunity to thank Alex for all his hard work during his relatively short time on the committee. I look forward to welcoming his successor, Gavin Brown, next week.

Agenda item 1 is to decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private. Both items involve consideration of the committee’s approach to the financial memoranda accompanying the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill and the Agricultural Holdings (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill.

Are members content for those items to be taken in private?

Members indicated agreement.