Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Committee effectiveness: The Committee will take evidence in a roundtable format from— Professor Paul Cairney, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling; Dr Tom Caygill, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Nottingham Trent University; Ken Hughes, Former Assistant Chief Executive, Scottish Parliament; Professor Cristina Leston Bandeira, Professor of Politics, University of Leeds. 3. Evidence Session: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.