Councillor Bonsell advised that she had a connection in relation to agenda items 9.5 (Annual Effectiveness Report); 9.6 (External Quality Assessment) and 9.7 (Internal Audit Update Report) due to her being a member of CIPFA Scotland, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, having applied the objective test, she did not consider that she had an interest and would not be withdrawing from the meeting for the items.