I welcome our guests and members of the public and press to the 12th meeting in 2005 of the Audit Committee. We have a full agenda today. We have already taken agenda item 1 in private and there are a number of other agenda items before we come to our evidence session on colleges. I welcome the college representatives and those from the funding councils and the Executive. I shall say that informally at the moment, rather than reading out everyone's names, because I shall be doing that later and there is no need to repeat a long list.
I was about to say that I did not have any interests to declare, but I realise in the light of the business that is before the committee that I do have a relevant interest to declare. As a legacy of my previous employment, I am still a member of the British Medical Association. I shall amend my entry in the register of members' interests accordingly.
Thank you. That declaration is noted.