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)

*Cathie Craigie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (Lab)

*George Foulkes (Lothians) (Lab)

*Bill Kidd (Glasgow) (SNP)

*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:

Mr Robert Black (Auditor General for Scotland)

Angela Cullen (Audit Scotland)

Barbara Hurst (Audit Scotland)

Mark MacPherson (Audit Scotland)

The following also participated:

Sir John Elvidge (Scottish Government Permanent Secretary)

Paul Gray (Scottish Government Director General Rural Affairs, Environment and Services)

Geoff Huggins (Scottish Government Primary and Community Care Directorate)

Dr Kevin Woods (Scottish Government Director General Health and NHS Scotland)

Clerk to the committee

Tracey White