Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take future consideration of reports from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland, and its own draft reports on the complaints, in private at future meetings. 3. Cross-Party Group: The Committee will consider an application for recognition from the proposed Cross-Party Group on St Andrew's Day, and take evidence from— Tom Arthur, Convener of the proposed CPG on St Andrew's Day. 4. Cross-Party Group - approval: The Committee will decide whether to accord recognition to the proposed Cross-Party Group on St Andrew's Day. 5. Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland: The Committee will undertake its initial consideration of two reports from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland 6. Confidentiality of reports from the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland: The Committee will consider a draft report.