Audit Committee, 21 Mar 2006

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Official Report 237KB pdf

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Items in Private

Now that everyone has taken their seats, I open the fourth meeting in 2006 of the Scottish Parliament's Audit Committee, which is taking place at the Beardmore Conference Hotel beside the Golden Jubilee national hospital. I welcome to the meeting the Auditor General for Scotland, Audit Scotland staff, committee members and members of the press and public. I remind everyone to turn off their pagers, mobile phones and such like. We have received apologies from Margaret Jamieson, who cannot attend today's meeting. It appears that everyone else is present and correct.

First, I seek the committee's agreement to take in private items 4 and 5. In item 4, we will consider the evidence that will be taken in item 3 on the Auditor General for Scotland's report "Tackling waiting times in the NHS in Scotland" and, in item 5, we will consider the committee's approach to the report "Implementing the NHS consultant contract in Scotland". Do members agree to take both items in private?

Members indicated agreement.