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)

Caroline Gardner (Audit Scotland)

Jillian Matthew (Audit Scotland)

Claire Sweeney (Audit Scotland)

Clerk to the committee

Jane Williams