Good morning, everyone. Before we begin, I have a few preliminary announcements. Could electronic devices be switched to silent or switched off? Tea and coffee are not allowed during sittings of the Committee. The notice period for amendments is three working days. Starred amendments—those tabled with inadequate notice—will not normally be called.

The Committee will now consider the programme motion on the amendment paper. We will then consider a motion to report written evidence, followed by a motion to permit the Committee to deliberate in private. Assuming that the last of those motions is agreed to, the Committee will move into private session. Once the Committee has deliberated, the witnesses and members of the public will be invited back into the room and our oral evidence session will begin.