Audit Committee, 28 Sep 2004
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Official Report
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“Management of the Holyrood building project”
Our final item is to report the committee's decision following our consideration of how to approach the Auditor General's report "Management of the Holyrood building project", which members will recall was on previous agendas.
The committee has decided that it will take no further action in relation to the Auditor General's report. During his inquiry and in publishing his report, Lord Fraser took account of and built on the work of the Auditor General. The committee therefore feels that, in this instance, the Fraser report, which has been debated in the Parliament, effectively addresses the issues raised by the AGS. The committee considers that conducting a further inquiry would represent duplication of effort and would not add to the information that is already in the public domain.
However, the committee will scrutinise future Audit Scotland reports and laid documents on issues such as procurement and management within the civil service and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to ensure that the recommendations of Lord Fraser and the Auditor General are being implemented. That will mean that, while this committee cannot be proactive, we will scrutinise those future reports to see that progress is being made. That concludes our report on our deliberations.
Our next meeting will have to be rearranged to take account of item 10, which has fallen off today's agenda due to lack of time. The clerk will be in touch with members to see how to arrange the next meeting.
I thank all those who attended the meeting and put up with the background noise. Thank you for your time. We will see you again.
Meeting closed at 13:13.