Audit Committee, 15 Nov 2005

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Official Report 137KB pdf

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Items in Private

Good morning. I welcome committee members, Audit Scotland staff and the Auditor General for Scotland to the Audit Committee's 16th meeting of 2005. I especially welcome our guests from Estonia: Mr Helir-Valdor Seeder, who is the chairman of the Riigikogu select committee on the control of the state budget; Mr Tõnis Saar, who is the director of Riigikontroll; and Mr Toomas Mattson, who is head of Riigikontroll's public relations service. We hope that they find their time in Scotland with the committee and with Audit Scotland informative and helpful.

Naturally, I welcome the public and the media to the meeting. I remind everyone to switch off mobile phones and pagers so that they do not interfere with the public address system. We have no apologies.

Agenda item 1 is to seek the committee's agreement to take in private agenda items 3 and 4. Item 3 is consideration of the committee's approach to the Auditor General's report on how government works, on which we will hear a briefing next. Item 4 is consideration of our arrangements for the oral evidence that we have agreed to take on the Auditor General's report entitled "Overview of the water industry in Scotland". Do we agree to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.