Agenda item 4 is consideration of a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 11 May 2014 to 10 May 2015. Does anyone have any comments to make about the report, or is everyone happy with it?
It is a very good report. I have already suggested to the clerk that it should point out that there was a debate on the issue highlighted in paragraphs 15 and 16, albeit that it was a Scottish Government debate. Perhaps the report could contain a link to it.
On that last point, do we usually put all the links on the back page of the report? Is that not a bit cumbersome?
It is a change in the way that reports are formatted. They are being taken forward on a new template.
I like links at the bottom of the page.
Are you happy to leave the report as it is, Christian?
If, as I have been told, it is a new template that we need to adhere to, then it is a new template that we need to adhere to.
Where, in paragraph 4, it says:
“We agreed to meet in Easterhouse”,
I wonder whether we could add the words “in Glasgow”, given that another paragraph refers to “Easterhouse in Glasgow”. We are assuming that people know where Easterhouse is.
Are all members content with the report?
This is not a substantive question, but as someone who has been in and out of the committee, I wonder whether anyone who looks at this report would be interested in reading about committee membership and changes. Is there a template for all committee reports? Is this simply how it is?
There is a template, but I imagine that the overarching annual report will show membership. I will find out and get some clarification on that point.
Fair enough. It was just an observation.
We will clarify that and bring it back to the next meeting.
It is not a serious matter, convener. I was just interested.
Okay. If members have no more comments, is the committee happy with the overall report and the amendments that have been suggested?
Members indicated agreement.
That concludes the public part of today’s meeting. Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 4 June, and we now move into private session.
09:45 Meeting continued in private until 10:29.Previous
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