Audit Committee, 28 Sep 2004
Meeting date: Tuesday, September 28, 2004
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Scottish Parliament Audit Committee Tuesday 28 September 2004
[The Convener opened the meeting at 10:42]
Okay. We can now start the 16th meeting in 2004 of the Scottish Parliament's Audit Committee. I welcome to the meeting members of the public and the media, and the Auditor General for Scotland and his team. I apologise for the late start and for the committee's having to flit to another committee room, and assure colleagues that we will look into the cause of the matter, the difficulty of rectifying it and the speed of attending to it so that the problem does not happen again.
I intend to take agenda items 1 and 2 after agenda item 6, as Andrew Welsh is not here and it would be difficult to deal with items 1 and 2 without him. We have not received apologies from him, so we are trying to ascertain whether he is able to come to the meeting. Taking agenda items 1 and 2 after item 6 makes some sense anyway, as he intended to be in absentia for items 5, 7 and 8. He has declared a conflict of interest on those agenda items, as he has been a member of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. If he cannot attend the meeting, items 1 and 2 will obviously have to be taken at a future meeting. Do members agree to that proposal?
Members indicated agreement.