Finance Committee

Convener

*Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP)

Committee members

*Gavin Brown (Lothian) (Con)

Mark McDonald (North East Scotland) (SNP)

*Michael McMahon (Uddingston and Bellshill) (Lab)

*Elaine Murray (Dumfriesshire) (Lab)

*Paul Wheelhouse (South Scotland) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Professor David Bell (Adviser)

Robert Black (Auditor General for Scotland)

Paul Brewer (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) (Committee Substitute)

Graeme Downie (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)

Professor Jim Gallagher (University of Glasgow)

Will Hutton (University of Oxford)

Professor Jeremy Peat (David Hume Institute)

Dr Andrew Walker (University of Glasgow)

Clerk to the committee

Jim Johnston