Membership changes
Previous Members of the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee during the reporting year are:
Jackie Baillie MSP (until 22 December 2017) (Acting Convener)
Ross Thomson MSP (until 12 June 2017)
Bill Bowman (from 27 June 2017)
Monica Lennon MSP (until 10 January 2018)
Iain Gray MSP (from 10 January 2018)
Inquiries and reports
The Committee considered 15 new reports from the AGS, eight of which were ‘Section 23 reports’iThese reports are laid in Parliament under the powers of Section 23 of the Public Finance & Accountability Act 2000, which confers upon the AGS the ability to examine the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of public bodies and report the findings to Parliament. which examined the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the public sector.