LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE
16^th Meeting 2008, Session 3

CONVENER

*Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)

DEPUTY CONVENER

*Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

*Alasdair Allan (Western Isles) (SNP)
*Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP)
*Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill) (Lab)
*Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab)
*David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con)
*Jim Tolson (Dunfermline West) (LD)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTES

Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD)
Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
Tricia Marwick (Central Fife) (SNP)
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con)

*attended

THE FOLLOWING GAVE EVIDENCE:

Professor John Baillie (Accounts Commission)
Caroline Gardner (Audit Scotland)
Professor Christopher Himsworth (University of Edinburgh)
Professor Richard Kerley (Queen Margaret University)
Professor Alan Page (University of Dundee)
Gordon Smail (Audit Scotland)

CLERK TO THE COMMITTEE

Martin Verity

SENIOR ASSISTANT CLERK

Jane-Claire Judson

ASSISTANT CLERK

Ian Cowan

LOCATION

Committee Room 2