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Item 5 on the agenda is also related to the budget process and concerns the appointment of an adviser. The committee is asked to agree to seek approval from the Parliamentary Bureau to appoint an adviser for our scrutiny of the Scottish Government's 2009-10 budget. We must do that as early as this because the appointment process is quite long. If we want to have someone in place by the time we next scrutinise the budget, we need to start now. Subject to the bureau's approval—that has to be stated as a qualification—a person specification will be brought to the next meeting of the committee, on 11 June. I ask the committee to agree to seek approval for the appointment of a budget adviser, to get the ball rolling.
Members indicated agreement.