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Auditors were also required to comply for the first time with the new Code of Audit Practice 2021. For 2022/23 audits the target dates for completion returned to pre-pandemic dates for all sectors which meant that there was only 10 months between target dates in the NHS sector...
However, the committee is grappling with the question of whether it is best not to have any dates at all, and not to go into that minefield of picking the most important dates, because the relevant dates will be different for different people.
We should keep in mind that parliamentary recessdates are different. Most notably, we are looking ahead to the Scottish election and what that means for the timetabling of UK bills that require the consent of this Parliament before and/or after the election.
That the Parliament agrees, further to motion S6M-09150 and under Rule 2.3.1, that the parliamentary recessdates of 29 June to 31 August 2024 (inclusive) be replaced with 29 June to 1 September 2024 (inclusive).
Are we content to proceed on the basis that we will keep the petition open and invite the minister to join us at a future meeting—obviously, that will be after summer recess—at which we will take more detailed evidence on the petition and see what further progress we can make?