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1. Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill:

The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Professor William Buchanan, Director and Peter Ferry, CEO, Scottish Centre of Excellence in Digital Trust and DLT;

Jamie Gray, Partner, Financial Services Regulatory, Burness Paull LLP;

and then from—

Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, Law Society of Scotland; 

Dr Hamish Patrick, Partner and Head of Financial Sector, Shepherd and Wedderburn;

Usman Tariq, KC Advocate, Faculty of Advocates; and

Professor Burcu Yüksel Ripley, Personal Chair, University of Aberdeen, School of Law.

2. Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.

3. Climate Change Plan (In Private):

The Committee agreed its approach to scrutiny of the Scottish Government's draft Climate Change Plan.

4. Work programme (In Private):

The Committee noted its work programme.