The committee members have voted to hear Jamie Bryson's evidence in public session.

The Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree made the proposal that the public should be able to watch Mr Bryson's session live.

Mr Cree's proposal is supported by the one SDLP member, three Sinn Fein and one Alliance member.

The DUP's Jim Wells proposes that the evidence session should be taken in closed session and a transcript of Mr Bryson's evidence will be redacted if necessary.

Independent Unionist John McCallister supports the four DUP members on the committee.

Mr Bryson says he may consider a judicial review if he is not heard in full and in public.

He adds that his legal advice is that any decision to take his evidence in closed session "may be unlawful and may actually subvert the power of the committee".

Loyalist Jamie Bryson says he is conscious that he does not want to stray into any area of evidence that the committee does not want him to.

He says he will make "no wild allegations or innuendo".

Mr Bryson says he can stand over all evidence he will provide.

"I believe my evidence will uncover an intricate web of political and financial behaviours that will show how there is an epidemic of cash-for-influence scams within the political, business, banking, accountancy and property development professions," Mr Bryson says.

The committee has agreed to invite First Minister Peter Robinson to appear before the committee at a future date.

Mr McGuinness says he has "no worries" about what may come from the inquiry.

He says Ian Coulter, the solicitor at the centre of the Nama loan sale, and Frank Cushnahan, the former Nama adviser, are key to the controversy.

"The people of whom I speak are much closer to your party than they are to mine," he says.

"They're not friends of mine, they're not acquaintances of mine.

"I have no worries."

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If McGuinness telling truth, then Robbo has a lot to explain about what has been going on in their joint office over NAMA.

Jim Wells of the DUP reads from an email in which he says the disputed Nama memorandum of understanding was copied to senior Sinn Fein advisor Dara O'Hagan.

Mr Wells, who is a former health minister, says that if a special adviser in the Department of Health "had failed to provide me with details of a document involving £5bn, heads would have rolled".

"I have absolutely no knowledge of it," Mr McGuinness.

Mr Wells asks Mr McGuinness to check if Ms Hagan received it and did not pass it on to him.

Sinn Fein's Michaela Boyle asks why Mr McGuinness believes he was "kept out of the loop" and does he believe it was "deliberate"?

"I think that is ground I should not go into," he says.

Mr McGuinness says he has given truthful evidence and "how people read that, I think I'll leave that to the court of public opinion and my colleagues here at this investigation".

Mr Bradley asks what implication this has for his relationship with the first minister.

"It does raise very serious questions about the approach to the running of the OFMDFM," Mr McGuinness answers.

The SDLP's Dominic Bradley asks if Mr McGuinness is suggesting Mr Robinson "has been telling lies"?

"Is this not a very serious situation where the first minister is claiming that you were aware of issues and is claiming that there is a paper trail there to support his assertions and you are saying that the paper trail does not exist?" he asks.

Mr McGuinness says he is "not accusing the first minister of telling lies".

"I'm saying very clearly that the OFMDFM (Office of the First and Deputy First Minister) is supposed to be a joint office," he says.

He says his officials found that no paper trail exists and "if people have evidence of a paper trail then I would be interested to see it".

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says he knew nothing of a memorandum of understanding sent from his office to Nama and there is no paper trail to show he did.

He says there are "very serious questions" to answer about what capacity First Minister Peter Robinson was acting in, in relation to the Nama deal.

The committee has agreed to hear from Jamie Bryson publicly before deciding whether his evidence will be public.

Judith Cochrane of Alliance says she wants to give Jamie Bryson the chance to come before the committee "to check he knows what to answer us" before making a decision on whether to hold his evidence session in public or private session.

Sinn Fein's Mairtin O Muilleoir describes this "as a middle route" which gives the committee a chance to hear from him.

The DUP's Jim Wells says he believes Mr Bryson's evidence should be heard in "private session" but says he was prepared to support Ms Cochrane's suggestion.

Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree says there is "nothing for us to fear from hearing this gentleman" and believes the evidence session should be heard in public "as we do for everyone else".

The SDLP's Dominic Bradley says he believes the committee should be "open and transparent".

"Holding sessions behind closed doors and redacting transcripts is not open and transparent," he says.

Independent Unionist John McCallister says he feels it would be useful to "tease out the linkages" but "supports Mr Wells suggestion" that his evidence should be given in private session.

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The Finance Committee's inquiry into a £1.2bn sale of property loans is due to take evidence from Martin McGuinness and the loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson this morning.

But the finance committee must first decide whether to hear Mr Bryson in a private or public session.

The National Asset Management Agency (Nama) sold its Northern Ireland loan book to a US investment fund last year.

The inquiry began after it was claimed a Northern Ireland politician was to get a payment as a result of the sale.

Mick Wallace, an independent politician in the Republic of Ireland, made the claim in the Irish parliament.

Mr Bryson contacted the committee claiming he had evidence about the deal.

Sinn Fein's Daithi McKay is chairing this morning's meeting.

Thanks for joining us.

We'll be bringing you coverage of this morning's Finance Committee meeting from 10:00 where members will be receiving evidence regarding the sale of National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) assets in Northern Ireland.

Members are due to take evidence from Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and the loyalist Jamie Bryson.

The Finance Committee is still to decide whether to hear Mr Bryson in a private or public session.