Public Audit Committee
12th Meeting, 2025
The Committee agreed to take agenda items 3, 4 and 5 in private.
The Committee took evidence from—
Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Scottish Government;
Alison Irvine, Chief Executive, Fiona Brown, Interim Director of Transport Strategy and Analysis and Heather Cowan, Head of Climate Change and Just Transition for Transport, Transport Scotland;
Robert Nicol, Chief Officer, Environment and Economy and Cllr Gail Macgregor, Leader, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Environment and Economy Spokesperson, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).
The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and took further evidence from—
Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland;
Cornilius Chikwama, Audit Director and Ashleigh Madjitey, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.
The Committee considered the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 3 and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport on issues raised during the meeting.
The Committee considered a draft report on the 2022/23 and 2023/24 audits of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland and agreed to continue consideration at a future meeting.