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Agenda item 3 is the committee’s consideration of whether to accord recognition to the proposed cross-party group on the civil nuclear industry. Would anyone like to comment?

The other question that I want to ask concerns the section of the form entitled “Financial Benefits or Other Benefits”. An estimate of £2,000 is provided for the provision of secretariat support by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Will you give an indication of how that was calculated? How did you come up with the figure?

The committee will be reassured that you have done some thinking about it because, as you say, we have been looking at CPGs in general, and we will be returning to that work in the new year.

My apologies, Evelyn. Please ask your question.

Yes, absolutely.

Annie, do you want to comment before I formally put the question?

Our second agenda item is consideration of an application for recognition from a proposed cross-party group on the civil nuclear industry.? I welcome to the meeting Oliver Mundell MSP, the proposed co-convener of the group, and invite him to make an opening statement about its purpose.

Thank you very much. We will try to avoid any deep scientific questions on the topic. Do members have any questions? If not, I will kick off on a couple of things on—sorry, did I cut across you, Ivan?

Yes. Rather than being a donation of £2,000 in cash, it will be for work in hand and staff time. That is helpful.

If there are no further questions, I thank you for your attendance this morning, Oliver. The committee will consider your application under our next agenda item, and the clerks will inform you of the committee’s decision in due course.

That is excellent.

Are members agreed to accord recognition to the proposed cross-party group on the civil nuclear industry?

Members indicated agreement.

That is excellent. Thank you very much. I now move the meeting into private session.