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The next item of business is consideration of motion S7M-00455, in the name of Stephen Kerr, on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, on membership of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit.
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The Scottish Commission for Public Audit performs an important role in our system of public accountability. It does not examine the spending decisions of Government; instead, it oversees Audit Scotland, scrutinising Audit Scotland’s budget and helping to ensure that the organisation that is responsible for auditing Scotland’s public finances remains independent, is properly governed and is accountable to Parliament.
That independent oversight matters, because confidence in public audit depends not only on rigorous scrutiny of public bodies but on confidence in the body that carries out that scrutiny. I am therefore pleased to move the motion to appoint Miles Briggs, Michael Marra, Jenni Minto and Kate Nevens as members of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit. I thank each of them for their willingness to serve, and I commend the motion to Parliament.
I move,
That the Parliament agrees to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body’s proposal to appoint Miles Briggs, Michael Marra, Jenni Minto and Kate Nevens to be members of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit.
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.
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