1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private.

2. Committee effectiveness

The Committee will take evidence, in a roundtable discussion from—

• Gemma Diamond
  Director of Innovation and Transformation
  Audit Scotland
• Marc Geddes
  Senior Lecturer in Politics
  University of Edinburgh
• David Natzler KCB
  lerk of the House of Commons 2015-2019, Clerk of Committees 2008-09 and Clerk to the House of Commons Reform Committee (the Wright Committee) 2009-10
• Professor Meg Russell
  Director, Constitution Unit
  University College London
• Brian Taylor
  Former Political Editor BBC Scotland, Columnist The Herald

3. Evidence Session

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

4. Code of Conduct Rule Changes

The Committee will consider draft Code of Conduct Rule changes.

5. Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016

The Committee will consider a note from the Clerk.