Meeting of the Commission

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 1, 2021

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Interests

Good afternoon, and welcome to the first meeting in session 6 of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit. As the oldest member of the commission, I have the pleasure of chairing this meeting until we formally choose the chair.

Agenda item 1 is declarations of interests. Each of us has to declare any interests that are relevant to the commission’s work. Background information is provided in paper 1.

I have no relevant interests to declare.

I have no relevant interests to declare.

I do not have an declarable interests. However, I draw the commission’s attention to my voluntary entry in the register of members’ interests.

I have nothing to declare.

I point members to my declaration of interests. In particular, I am a director of a company with retail interests. I am also a trustee and vice chair of the ADHD Foundation charity.

I ask for clarification on declarations of interests from the secretary to the commission. Is it relevant to declare any governance or, indeed, audit roles with external organisations that we might have? Members might want to reflect on making those declarations.

The SCPA is able to make its own procedures but, in practice, it has generally followed the same procedures that committees have followed. It is for each member to determine what they consider to be interests that are relevant to the commission’s remit.

I request that members reflect on whether they have any audit or governance roles with external organisations and maybe use the opportunity to declare those now.

In that regard, I am on the audit committee of the National Mining Museum Scotland.

It seems that no one else has any audit roles that they wish to declare.