Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of correspondence it has received and consideration of the recommendations from the Commission on Parliamentary Reform should be taken in private at future meetings.

3. Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland: The Committee will take oral evidence from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland on her annual report and strategic plan—
Caroline Anderson, Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland;
Ian Bruce, Public Appointments Manager, and Martin Campbell, Director of Investigations and Solicitor to the Commissioner., Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland.

4. Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.