Finance Committee, 25 Feb 2003

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Official Report 174KB pdf

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Committee Annual Report

The fourth item on the agenda is the committee's annual report. It is in the normal format, with the limitations that are placed on such things. If members have no comments on the contents, are they quite happy to sign off the report?

Members indicated agreement.

Before we move into private session for the next item, given that this should be the last meeting of the committee—barring unforeseen circumstances—before Parliament moves into the recess, I take the opportunity to thank the members who have been on the committee for longer than I have been and who have overseen the work of the Finance Committee. By any objective measure, the Finance Committee has made a contribution to the Parliament and has slowly but surely tried to improve the processes that the Parliament employs. We all know that that is a long-term process, so I thank members for the work that has been done.

I also thank Arthur Midwinter, who has been our adviser. During my time on the committee, I have certainly found the advice and papers that he has provided to be very useful. They have added a good deal of clarity, and I am personally grateful for that, as I am sure other members are. Thank you very much, Arthur.

Finally, I thank the staff who have served the committee. The Finance Committee is perhaps seen by some as being not the most exciting committee, but we have been well served by the clerking staff, so I thank them very much indeed for all their help.

Meeting continued in private until 12:28.