LGC/S3/08/16/M

16th Meeting, 2008 (Session 3)

Wednesday 28 May 2008

Present:

The meeting opened at 10.00 am

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee agreed to take item 4 in private.

2. Overview of local authority audits 2007: The Committee took evidence from—

Professor John Baillie, Chair, Accounts Commission;

Caroline Gardner, Deputy Auditor General, and Gordon Smail, Portfolio Manager, Public Reporting – Local Government Portfolio, Audit Scotand.

3. Local Income Tax: The Committee took evidence from—

Professor Christopher Himsworth, Professor of Administrative Law, Edinburgh University;

Professor Richard Kerley, Vice Principal, International Strategy and Commercialisation, Queen Margaret University;

Professor Alan Page, Professor of Public Law, University of Dundee.

4. Child poverty inquiry (in private): The Committee agreed to participate in an event on the theme of child poverty, to be held in the autumn by Save the Children; to commission participatory research involving parents; and to give further consideration to producing material supplementary to the Committee’s report when it is published.

The meeting closed at 12.48 pm

Martin Verity
Clerk to the Committee