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The matter now passes to the chamber. I ask members to confirm that they are content for me to sign off the committee’s report to the Parliament, which will be an essential element of that consideration.

Item 2 is a decision on taking items 7 to 10 in private. Item 7 is on an update to the guidance on the code of conduct; item 8 is consideration of the committee’s work programme; item 9 relates to cross-party groups; and item 10 is for the committee to consider its approach to the United Kingdom Elections Bill legislative consent motion, which falls to this committee. Do members agree to take items 7 to 10 in private?

Members indicated agreement.

Is it fair to say then that, rather than it being the case that the code needs to be revised every five years, there needs to be sensitivity to the changes in the social understanding of behaviour and attitudes so that that can be fed into the code when appropriate?

We now move to agenda item 6, which is approval of the two CPGs.

On the proposed CPG on the circular economy, do members have any comments or questions?

Thank you. Tess is joining us to replace Alexander Stewart, whom I thank for his work on the committee, even though we have met only on a few occasions in session 6. With the consent of the committee, I would like to write to Alexander to thank him for his support so far.

Members indicated agreement.

Edward Mountain has a second and more specific question.

Therefore, the onus is placed on the individual—hence it is written in the first person—to comply with the second paragraph of category 5, which requires the registration of interests in houses, land or buildings

“which may be significant to, of relevance to, or bear upon, the work and operation”

of the public body.

As no other committee member has a comment on that, do you want to come back in, Edward?

Please do.

Members of the committee may now speak to the motion. I call Edward Mountain. [Interruption.]