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Agenda item 2 is consideration of proposed cross-party groups, the first of which is a proposed CPG on the creative economy. I welcome the proposed group’s convener, Claire Baker, and invite her to make a short statement about the intentions behind it.

With that, I invite Paul McLennan to return to the meeting.

Agenda item 4 is on cross-party groups that are seeking to re-register. I invite the committee to consider a change of purpose for the proposed CPGs on deafness, international development and Tibet, and a change of name and purpose for the proposed CPG on challenging racial and religious prejudice. As members will be aware, it is required that any change of name or purpose by a group be approved by the committee.

If there are no comments, do members agree that the proposed CPGs on deafness, international development, Tibet and challenging racial and religious prejudice can re-register in the new parliamentary session?

Members indicated agreement.

Thank you, Paul. Do members have any questions? It seems not.

I want to pick up on what you said about the definition of a wellbeing economy. It is certainly a phrase that gets bandied around a lot, but, when we start to dig beneath it, people’s understanding is very varied and very broad. Given the wide number of non-MSP organisations that are going to be involved, the group certainly seems like a beneficial way of trying to reach consensus on what we mean by “a wellbeing economy” and, more important, of moving forward to reach that goal.

For clarification, when we come to make a decision on the proposed cross-party groups, Paul McLennan will step out of the meeting and will not be part of that process. I thank him for coming along.

We will have a short suspension.

Thank you for that full and positive description. Bob, do you have a question.

That is very helpful. Thank you for recognising the fact that there are a significant number of CPGs and the workload commitments that that creates for MSPs. It is certainly refreshing to hear that that has been considered through the making of two applications, one of which you have presented today.

The committee will take its decision and the clerks will notify you of that decision in due course. I thank you for coming along this morning, and I wish all its members well with the CPG—if the committee approves the proposal.

I suspend the meeting to allow for a changeover of witnesses.

That is helpful.

For the record, who will the deputy convener be?

Yes—it is Sue Webber.

I will follow on from Bob Doris’s question. This is absolutely not a criticism. In fact, I welcome the way that the proposed CPG has dealt with overlap, because concerns are expressed about the total number of CPGs that exist. I welcome your comments that there is a need for two separate CPGs but that the workload of each will reduce and they will approach different people so that MSPs can witness the experience and knowledge that the different sectors bring. That is most helpful.

I thank you for attending. We will make our decision under the next agenda item and the clerks will be in touch. Thank you for your time.

As I said, the clerks will be in touch after we make our decision on the CPG under the next agenda item. I thank you for joining us. We will, no doubt, speak soon.

That is excellent. Thank you very much for your evidence. As I said, we will be in touch after we have made our decision.

There will be a short suspension while there is a changeover of witnesses.