I call the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 73 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts. The committee is meeting today to discuss committee business and consider draft reports.
There are just a couple of housekeeping items.
I've accepted, on the committee's behalf, a meeting with a delegation from the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. We have the calendar, which we will discuss later on in today's meeting, but this luncheon meeting will be during committee time, Thursday, September 28—that's a week from today—from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
I will need the committee to adopt the following motion in order to cover the hospitality expenses. The motion is:
That the committee meet, in an informal meeting, with a delegation of members of the Standing Committee on Auditor-General from the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa on Thursday, September 28, 2023; and that the committee defray the hospitality expenses related to this meeting.
Do I have agreement?