Agenda item 4 is the annual report. I invite members to comment on the draft annual report and suggest any changes that they think are needed.
Under the "Meetings" heading, the report says that 13 meetings were in private, of which
I can come back to you in writing on that. My guess is that it was perhaps to consider the appointment of an adviser. However, I will confirm that in writing. [Interruption.] I have been corrected; the correct answer is that the private meeting was for a budget briefing.
We always forget about the budget.
I did not want anyone to think that we met in private just for the sake of it.
Yes—it was not just for fun.
The report seems such a short one for what has seemed a rather long year. However, it summarises neatly the bills that we scrutinised and the inquiries and everything else that we did.
Members indicated agreement.
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