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Audit
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The remit of the committee is to consider and report on
(a) any accounts laid before the Parliament;
(b) any report laid before or made to the Parliament by the Auditor General for Scotland; and
(c) any other document laid before the Parliament concerning financial control, accounting and auditing in relation to public expenditure.

Membership
Hugh Henry (Convener)   
Murdo Fraser (Deputy Convener)   
Willie Coffey
George Foulkes
Charlie Gordon
Stuart McMillan
Nicol Stephen
Andrew Welsh
For further information on the Committee's current and past membership including substitutes, follow this link. Information on how to contact the Audit Committee can be found on the Contact Details page.

Current Business

The Committee's main area of work is consideration of the Auditor General for Scotland (AGS) reports. Further information can be found on the Current Business page.

Section 22 report "The 2006/07 Audit of the Western Isles Health Board"

The Committee has published its report on the Auditor General for Scotland's Section 22 report "The 2006/07 Audit of the Western Isles Health Board".

The Scottish Government must provide a formal response to the report by mid July. The Committee expects to consider this response at a Committee meeting after the summer recess, in September.

 


Committee Meetings

All Committee meetings can be viewed live. Please follow the links below to watch both live and archived committee meetings.

Next Meeting: 12th Meeting, 10 September 2008

The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1.

  1. Declaration of interests: Nicol Stephen MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

  2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 6, 7, 8 and 9 in private.

  3. Corporate governance of Audit Scotland: The Committee will consider correspondence from the Convener of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit.

  4. Section 23 report: T he Committee will receive a briefing from the Auditor General for Scotland on his report entitled "Review of the new General Medical Services contract".

  5. Section 23 report: T he Committee will receive a briefing from the Auditor General for Scotland on his report entitled "Review of palliative care services in Scotland".

  6. Consideration of approach: The Committee will consider its approach to responses from NHS Western Isles and the Scottish Government Health Directorates on the Audit Committee’s report entitled "The 2006/07 Audit of Western Isles Health Board".

  7. Consideration of approach: The Committee will consider its approach to the Auditor General for Scotland's reports entitled "Review of the new General Medical Services contract" and "Review of palliative care services in Scotland".

  8. Consideration of approach: The Committee will consider its approach to a forthcoming evidence session on the Auditor General for Scotland's report entitled "Review of major capital projects in Scotland".

  9. Consideration of approach: The Committee will consider its approach to a forthcoming evidence session on the Auditor General for Scotland's report entitled "A review of free personal and nursing care".

Last Meeting: 11th Meeting, 25 June 2008

Previous Meetings


Committee Reports

Recent Committee Reports:

Previous Reports.