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:

John Baillie (Accounts Commission)

Gordon Smail (Audit Scotland)

Mr Robert Black (Auditor General for Scotland)

Angela Cullen (Audit Scotland)

Caroline Gardner (Audit Scotland)

James Thompson (Audit Scotland)

Clerk to the committee

Tracey White