2nd Meeting, 2021

Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Session: 6
Location: TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room
Meeting opened at: 12:30pm
Meeting closed at: 13:58pm

Committee Members Attendees

Colin Beattie
Sharon Dowey
Daniel Johnson
Richard Leonard
Mark Ruskell

1 Declaration of Interests:

Members were invited to declare any relevant interests.

Colin Beattie declared an interest as a member of the Audit Committee of the National Mining Museum Scotland.

Richard Leonard referred to his voluntary entry in his Register of Interests.

Daniel Johnson referred to his Register of Interests.

2 Choice of Chair:

The Commission chose Colin Beattie as Chair.

3 Choice of Deputy Chair:

The Commission chose Sharon Dowey as Deputy Chair.

4 Decision on taking business in private:

The Commission agreed to take agenda item 6 in private.

5 Audit Scotland Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 and Auditor's Report on the Accounts:

The Commission took evidence from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;

Professor Alan Alexander, Chair of the Board, Diane McGiffen, Chief Operating Officer and Stuart Dennis, Corporate Finance Manager, Audit Scotland;

and then from—

Steven Cunningham, Partner and Jillian So, Audit and Accounts Manager, Alexander Sloan.

6 Work programme:

The Commission agreed its work programme.