Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, November 7, 2013

Official Report 411KB pdf

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 14th meeting in 2013 of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. I have received apologies from Dave Thompson and Helen Eadie, our convener and deputy convener. Having been chosen at the previous meeting as the temporary convener, I will convene today’s meeting.

I remind members to turn off their mobile phones and BlackBerrys.

Agenda item 1 is a decision on whether to take in private at future meetings our consideration of a response from the Parliamentary Bureau on Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officer elections and responses to the committee’s consultation on the review of parliamentary reform. Is the committee content that we take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.