Public Audit Committee
Minutes: 27 April 2023
Thursday, 27 April 2023
12th Meeting, 2023
Minutes
1. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take agenda items 3, 4 and 5 in private.
2. The 2021/22 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited:
The Committee took evidence on the section 22 report from—
Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;
Mark Taylor, Audit Director, Audit Scotland;
Joanne Brown, Partner, Grant Thornton UK LLP.
3. The 2021/22 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and took further evidence from—
Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;
Mark Taylor, Audit Director, Audit Scotland;
Joanne Brown, Partner, Grant Thornton UK LLP.
4. The 2021/22 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 3 and agreed to invite Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited and the Scottish Government to give oral evidence at a future meeting. The Committee also agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
5. Work programme (In Private):
The Committee considered its work programme and agreed to close its scrutiny of the 2021/22 audit of the Crofting Commission.
The Committee also agreed to make a request to the Parliamentary Bureau to hold a Parliamentary debate on its report, New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802.