Audit Committee,
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Official Report
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Items in Private
Good morning and welcome to the 10th meeting of the Scottish Parliament Audit Committee in 2005. I am pleased to welcome the Auditor General for Scotland and his team. I remind people to turn off their mobile phones and pagers—if anybody still uses pagers. We have received no apologies for absence or late arrival.
As we have quite a busy agenda today, we shall move straight to the first item, which is for the committee to consider whether to take agenda items 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9 in private. Item 2 is consideration of lines of questioning for witnesses at agenda item 5. Item 6 is to enable the committee to consider the evidence taken at agenda item 5, on the report by the Auditor General entitled "A review of bowel cancer services: An early diagnosis". Item 7 is to enable the committee to consider its approach to the report by the Auditor General entitled "Waste management in Scottish hospitals: A follow-up report". Item 8 is to enable the committee to consider its approach to the section 22 reports by the Auditor General on the 2003-04 audits of Lews Castle College, West Lothian College and Inverness College. Finally, item 9 is to enable the committee to consider a draft report on its inquiry into the report by the Auditor General entitled "Overview of the financial performance of the NHS in Scotland 2003/04". Does the committee agree to take agenda items 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9 in private?
Members indicated agreement.
Meeting continued in private.
Meeting continued in public.