Item 4 is consideration of correspondence from the Scottish Commission for Public Audit, which is a statutory body that consists of five MSPs, whose role is to examine and report on Audit Scotland's expenditure proposals. The SCPA is examining Audit Scotland's governance arrangements and has written to us because the previous session's Finance Committee considered some relevant issues during its inquiry into accountability and governance in 2006. Members will see that the clerk's note details the findings of that committee's report on the issues that the SCPA is dealing with. Are members content for me to send a response to the SCPA setting out the previous committee's findings, as described in the clerk's note?
As agreed, we now move into private session to consider how to progress our inquiry into the methods of funding capital investment projects, so I ask the public to leave.
Meeting continued in private until 15:00.