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However, for the time being I intend to bring up the subject on an individual basis at our meetings until we see how we get on with the new procedure—if I can call it that—rather than rule that we will not have private sessions.
If members are quite content, we shall just say that that is the report signed off. Now we can get Andrew Walker to do a presentation on the new paper.
Couples will, after all, have a choice. They do not have to get married in a particular area, nor do they have to get married in a particular hotel or venue.
We will take members through the main points that we want to get across this afternoon.The first slide aims to set out how the new audit arrangements look under the Scottish Parliament.
Thirty years ago, about 18 per cent of girls and boys left school with three or more highers. Now, 26 per cent of boys and 34 per cent of girls get the equivalent qualifications at level 6 or better.
We could also write to any other appropriate bodies.Thirdly, if we get a positive response I could ask the Parliamentary Bureau to schedule a short debate on the subject, to get the view of Parliament as a whole.