Audit Committee, 30 Mar 2004

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 30, 2004

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Items in Private

As we are quorate, I bring to order the sixth meeting of the Audit Committee in 2004. Two more members are coming in, so I will go through the preamble. I welcome the Auditor General for Scotland and his team. I remind people, including myself, to switch off their mobile phones and pagers.

The first item on the agenda is to seek the committee's agreement to take agenda items 2 and 7 in private. Item 2 is consideration of lines of questioning on the Auditor General's report "Overview of the National Health Service in Scotland 2002/03". Item 7 is the committee's consideration of its approach to the Audit Scotland report on medical equipment. Are we agreed that we should take agenda items 2 and 7 in private?

Members indicated agreement.

We have an additional meeting tomorrow, and I seek the committee's agreement to that meeting being held in private. Are we agreed that we should meet in private on Wednesday 31 March to consider the draft annual report, the draft report on Scottish Enterprise and further written evidence and possible findings and recommendations on the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body accounts?

Members indicated agreement.

We have organised a meeting on 27 April 2004 to take further evidence on the NHS overview report. On that occasion, we will take evidence from Trevor Jones. For administrative ease, it would be helpful for us to agree today that we should consider the lines of questioning for that meeting in private. Is it agreed that we should do so?

Members indicated agreement.

We move into private session for agenda item 2. We will take a few minutes to let the public gallery clear.

Meeting continued in private.

Meeting continued in public.