1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Marriage Between Persons of Different Sexes (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023

3. Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence from—

• Brian Inkster
  CEO
  Inksters Solicitors
• Chris Kenny
  former Chief Executive of the Legal Services Board of England and Wales and currently CEO
  Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
• Professor Stephen Mayson
  University College London
• Naeema Yaqoob Sajid
  Solicitor and Director
  Diversity+

4. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Reconsideration Stage from—

• Shirley-Anne Somerville
  Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
  Scottish Government
• Liz Levy
  Unit Head Children's Rights, UNCRC Bill lead
  Scottish Government
• Shona Spence
  UNCRC Bill team
  Scottish Government
• Rachel Nicholson
  Lawyer, Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government

5. Consideration of evidence

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda items 3 and 4.