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Our final item of business is to consider a letter that has been received from John Swinney in relation to the post of chief executive of Scottish Development International. Members will have seen the letter, which expressed the hope that the appointment would be made by the end of September. That has not taken place. Do members wish to comment?
Have there been any updates since the letter was received? It is now October and the letter arrived in my in-tray only at the end of September.
There are no updates at present.
Given that the interviews took place on 17 September, it would be helpful for us to ask whether an appointment has been made and, if so, when it will be made public.
I do not mean to be churlish, but there must be an update of some sort, even if it is not to confirm an appointment. I presume that the appointment has not been made, but the cabinet secretary could say that it will be made at the end of October or that he does not know when it will be made.
We will get that update and present it to the committee as soon as possible. The decision is that we need an update. An appointment was supposed to be made at the end of September, so there must be news on top of what the cabinet secretary has told us. We will get that for the committee and discuss it once it has been received. I hand back to the convener.
I apologise to the committee for having to depart briefly and thank Rob Gibson for stepping in at the last moment. In case it was not mentioned while I was out of the room, I advise the committee that the energy efficiency action plan was published this morning. I suggest that at our next meeting we consider whether we wish to take further evidence on that, if the committee has not already agreed to do so.
We have agreed to do that.
Well done—I am glad that I am consistent with everyone else. At our next meeting on 22 October, we will take further evidence in relation to our enterprise network inquiry. I thank all of you for your hard work on the inquiry and other business, and wish you a good recess.
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