Public Audit Committee

Convener

*Hugh Henry (Paisley South) (Lab)

Deputy convener

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

Committee members

*Willie Coffey (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)

George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab)

*Jamie Hepburn (Central Scotland) (SNP)

*Mr Frank McAveety (Glasgow Shettleston) (Lab)

*Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow) (SNP)

*Nicol Stephen (Aberdeen South) (LD)

Committee substitutes

Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con)

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP)

*James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab)

John Farquhar Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD)

The following also attended:

Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab)

The following also participated:

Michael Russell (Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning)

Alex Salmond (First Minister)

Clerk to the committee

Jane Williams