Audit Committee, 17 Sep 2002

Meeting date: Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Official Report 94KB pdf

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Items in Private

Welcome to the 12th meeting in 2002 of the Audit Committee. As usual, mobile phones and pagers should be switched off.

Agenda item 1 concerns items in private. I seek the committee's agreement to take agenda items 4 and 5 in private. The items are housekeeping items—agenda item 4 is on arrangements for evidence taking and agenda item 5 is consideration of our draft report on further education colleges. Both involve matters that will eventually become public and fully on record. Do members agree to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.

The committee must also decide whether to discuss in private at its next meeting any further draft report on its inquiry into FE colleges, if that is necessary. It will be necessary only if the committee makes amendments to the draft that is before it today. A redraft would need to be considered at our next meeting, although I hope that the precaution will not be required. Are members agreed that discussions should be in private?

Members indicated agreement.

Finally, does the committee agree to consider in private at its next meeting arrangements for a possible inquiry into the Auditor General for Scotland's report "Review of the management of waiting lists in Scotland"?

Members indicated agreement.