FINANCE COMMITTEE
9^th Meeting 2009, Session 3

CONVENER

*Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP)

DEPUTY CONVENER

*Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

*Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con)
*Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP)
Joe FitzPatrick (Dundee West) (SNP)
*James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab)
*Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)
*David Whitton (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Lab)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTES

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
*Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP)
Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab)
Liam McArthur (Orkney) (LD)

*attended

THE FOLLOWING GAVE EVIDENCE:

George Burgess (Scottish Government Criminal Justice Directorate)
George Dickson (Scottish Government Police and Community Safety Directorate)
Wilma Dickson (Scottish Government Criminal Justice Directorate)
John Gilruth (Perth and Kinross Council)
Jim Hunter (North Strathclyde Community Justice Authority)
Chris MacIntosh (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)
Alastair Merrill (Scottish Prison Service)
June Murray (North Lanarkshire Council)
Tom Nelson (Scottish Police Services Authority)
Annette Sharp (Scottish Government Criminal Justice Directorate)
Alastair Sim (Scottish Court Service)
Rachael Weir (Scottish Government Criminal Justice Directorate)

CLERK TO THE COMMITTEE

Mark Brough

SENIOR ASSISTANT CLERK

Lewis McNaughton

ASSISTANT CLERK

Allan Campbell

LOCATION

Committee Room 1