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Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay last week confirmed he would not attend the event and described it as a "talking shop".

The Scottish Conservatives have said they will not attend, describing the meeting as an unnecessary "talking shop".

This is where researchers, Parliamentary staff and the occasional MP come to talk shop and catch up with gossip.

However, Downing Street seems determined to avoid giving the impression that this new body will simply be a talking shop.

So it was that combination of talking shop and then just understanding who he was as a human being.