Justice Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Official Report 484KB pdf

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

Good morning. I welcome everyone to the seventh meeting of the Justice Committee in session 4. I ask everyone to switch off their mobile phones and other electronic devices, as they interfere with the broadcasting system, even when they are switched to silent. No apologies have been received.

Agenda item 1 is to decide on taking business in private. The committee is invited to agree to consider in private at future meetings the main themes arising from the evidence received on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill; our draft report on that bill; and our approach to the Scottish Government’s draft budget and the spending review. It has been the usual practice to take such an approach. Do members agree to consider those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.