Finance Committee,
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Official Report
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Annual Report
Item 2 is consideration of our draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 9 May 2007 to 8 May 2008. As members can see from the cover note, the format and length of the reports are laid down by the Conveners Group to ensure consistency.
The report is a factual account of the work that the committee has undertaken during the past year. I draw to the committee's attention some very minor alterations that have been made since the report was drafted, in the interests of ensuring consistency across committees' reports.
The first section, which deals with mainstreaming equal opportunities, is now called "Equalities". The second change is that the first sentence of the paragraph headed "Meetings" now reads:
"During the parliamentary year (from 9 May 2007 to 8 May 2008), the Finance Committee met 25 times."
Are members agreeable to those very minor changes being made?
Members indicated agreement.
We should add, "and intends to meet less in the future."
I rule that suggestion out of order.
Do members agree to the final form of the draft annual report?
Members indicated agreement.
As we agreed earlier, the committee will now consider in private the evidence that we heard today and our report on the Creative Scotland Bill.
Meeting continued in private until 17:08.