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I call this meeting of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee to order. The first item on the agenda is to ask members to agree to take item 2 in private. Item 2 is consideration of whether we should take further evidence on, and how we should proceed with, our inquiry into Scottish Ballet.
I think that we should discuss the lines for our report in private. However, going by The Scotsman ruling, which I keep quoting because it is important for committees to consider it when they think about taking items in private, I believe that, if we are only to discuss where the inquiry is going, we should do so in public. Would it be possible to divide item 2 into two parts? The first part would be our consideration of the future lines of the inquiry and, if we decide not to take further evidence, the second part would be our consideration of a draft report. The more we meet in private, the worse it looks.
That is fine. We can discuss future lines of the inquiry in public, although I was not aware that there were any. [Interruption.] Oh, my goodness. Mr Russell obviously disagrees with me. I adjourn the meeting until Mr Russell's microphone is working again.
Meeting adjourned.
On resuming—
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