Audit Committee, 06 Jan 2004

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 6, 2004

Official Report 204KB pdf

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Work Programme

Agenda item 3 is consideration of the committee's work programme. The clerk has prepared a paper outlining where we are with a number of items of business. An inquiry as to how we were progressing was proposed at a previous meeting and the paper makes it clear where various matters lie. Usefully, it also provides details of Audit Scotland's provisional work programme, so members can see when publications are expected, together with the Audit Committee's work programme and the likely dates of meetings.

Members will see that the next meeting, on 20 January, is fairly full and will include an evidence-taking session on Scottish Enterprise, consideration of a draft report on the Scottish Further Education Funding Council and a number of other items. Members will also note that further meetings—on 3 February, 2 March, 16 March and 30 March—are programmed before the Easter break. That means that, unless we plan more meetings, there will be four meetings. Within those four meetings, we will need to programme in discussions of the various reports that are being prepared by the clerks and, as the committee sees fit, evidence taking on those matters.

The paper is useful. Unless there are any questions that I or the clerks can answer, I suggest that we note the report and move on to the next item. Is it agreed that we note the report on the committee's forward work programme?

Members indicated agreement.