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The next item of business is for the committee to discuss whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. Item 3 is for members to consider a draft report and draft standing orders rule changes on the admissibility of petitions and some minor rule changes. Do members agree to take item 3 in private?
Members indicated agreement.
Item 4 is for the committee to consider its work programme. Given recent interest in matters that are covered by the work programme paper, I am minded to propose that we take that item in public. However, I would like to suspend the meeting at the appropriate point for a short time before taking the item to the committee, so that we can receive a briefing from officials on the Sewel convention and how it relates to our standing orders. I suggest that we do that in private before we begin the public discussion. Do members agree to take item 4 in public, with a short suspension to receive briefings from officials in private?
Members indicated agreement.
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