Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, November 17, 2016

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

Good morning and welcome to the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee’s ninth meeting in 2016. I ask everyone to switch their electronic devices off or to silent mode to ensure that they do not affect the committee’s work.

We are missing a couple of members and a witness from the first panel because of terrible weather conditions and train delays in coming from the west. We will proceed, but the MSPs who are not here might well join us during the proceedings.

Under agenda item 1, I invite the committee to consider whether to take in private items 4 to 6. Item 4 is consideration of evidence received under item 2 on “Scotland’s colleges 2016”; item 5 is consideration of evidence received under item 3 on “The 2014/15 audit of Edinburgh College”; and item 6 is consideration of the committee’s work programme. Do we agree to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.