1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Remand: The Committee will take evidence from— Sheriff Gordon Liddle, President, Sheriffs' Association; and then from— Leanne McQuillan, President, Edinburgh Bar Association; Gillian Mawdsley, Policy Executive, Law Society of Scotland; Professor Neil Hutton, University of Strathclyde. 3. Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.