Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, 09 Dec 2008

Meeting date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Official Report 117KB pdf

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

I welcome everyone to the 20th meeting of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee in 2008. I ask members to switch off their mobile phones.

The first item of business is to consider whether to take item 5 in private. Item 5 is initial consideration of the approach to our inquiry into guidance on registrable interests. We normally take such items in private so that the committee can decide how to take the inquiry forward. The committee has also previously agreed that items 3 and 4 should be considered in private. They relate to the progress of the members' bills inquiry and the draft report on cross-party groups.

Do we agree to take item 5 in private?

Members indicated agreement.