Minutes: 08 June 2023

Thursday, 08 June 2023

17th Meeting, 2023

Start time: 09:00am

End time: 10:31am

Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room

Published: Thursday, 08 June 2023

Minutes

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private.

2. Criminal courts backlog:

The Committee took evidence on the report from—

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;

Mark Taylor, Audit Director and Lynsey Davies, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.

3. Criminal courts backlog (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 and Lynsey Davies, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.

4. Criminal courts backlog (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 3 and agreed to invite the Scottish Government and the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to give oral evidence at a future meeting.

5. Work programme (In Private):

The Committee considered its work programme and noted correspondence from the Auditor General for Scotland, the Presiding Officer and the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland, in relation to the 2021/22 audit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland.