Enterprise and Culture Committee,

Meeting date: Tuesday, May 9, 2006

Official Report 121KB pdf

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Annual Report

Item 4 is consideration of our annual report, a draft of which has been circulated. Do members have any comments? It is fairly straightforward.

It is very short for such an awful lot of work.

They all are. I am told that there is a word limit.

The Conveners Group raised with the Procedures Committee the issue of the role and purpose of the annual reports. There is nothing in the rules that prescribes how an annual report should be presented, although there is something in the guidance that is given to clerks. If committee members are of the view that the annual report does not accurately reflect the work that we have done or give the public a flavour of what we are doing, we may want to take up the issue with the Conveners Group, so that the guidance from the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body can be changed.

I am happy with the draft and see no need to change it.

Although my remark was light-hearted, I suggest that we are better having a shorter report. It is more likely to be read and covers the main elements of our work over the past year.

Members are happy with the report. For item 5, we move into private session.

Meeting continued in private until 15:48.