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First, I am extremely concerned that there is a prevailing mood that we want to get on with building a new Scotland instead of talking about a building in Scotland.
I welcome the minister's comments. I seek reassurance that when the new guidance is published it will refer specifically to rural schools, because the existing guidance relates to every school.
However, until we were in the final stages of compiling our report in private, we did not receive the news from the Executive that, back in April 2002, before the creation of Scottish Water, there was an additional £200 million borrowing provision.
We agreed at our previous meeting that the next item would be taken in private, so I declare the public part of the meeting closed and wish all members of the public and press and others who take an interest in the proceedings of the Procedures Committee the very best for Christmas and the new year. Meeting continued in private until 12:10.
For the benefit of those of us who are new to the committee, will the convener give us a brief explanation of why meetings have been held in private before?
The letter explains the fact that the new body would not have charitable status under the bill as drafted, but it is the same body that is at issue again, and that concerns me.
Part 2 will abolish six non-departmental public bodies, with provision for the consequential effects of such abolition, and create one new body, the national survey of archaeology and buildings in Scotland.
The fact that the report of the working group on a replacement for poinding and warrant sale is called "Striking the Balance: a new approach to debt management" is important.
The concern is that we could invent a completely new definition. The witnesses have rallied round one or another definition—either the one that Scottish Gas, Scottish Power and the Executive have or the one that other organisations, such as Citizens Advice Scotland, have suggested.