Item 14 is the Finance Committee remit, which it got in in the nick of time. Can we deal with it in the time scale?
We will try.
It might be that the issue is not just about the Finance Committee, but about the remit of all committees, and that we should look at the remits with a view to establishing that they are de minimis. No committee should be precluded from looking at something that is relevant simply because no one thought to include it in the original standing orders. We might look at that in future, but we must deal with the Finance Committee first.
That is also relevant to the conveners meetings. There can be a de minimis level, but the conveners meetings can be used to settle difficulties.
It would be a power of general competence for committees.
Yes, one could call it that.
Meeting closed at 11:17.
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