FINANCE COMMITTEE
4^th Meeting 2010, Session 3

CONVENER

*Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP)

DEPUTY CONVENER

Tom McCabe (Hamilton South) (Lab)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

*Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con)
*Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab)
*Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP)
*Joe FitzPatrick (Dundee West) (SNP)
*Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)
*David Whitton (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Lab)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTES

Gavin Brown (Lothians) (Con)
*Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab)
Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP)
Liam McArthur (Orkney) (LD)

*attended

THE FOLLOWING ALSO ATTENDED:

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab)
Shona Robison (Minister for Public Health and Sport)
Karen Whitefield (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)

THE FOLLOWING GAVE EVIDENCE:

Gary Cox (Scottish Government Justice Directorate)
Alison Douglas (Scottish Government Chief Medical Officer and Public Health Directorate)
John Drummond (Scottish Grocers Federation)
Campbell Evans (Scotch Whisky Association)
Alison Ferguson (Scottish Government Justice Directorate)
Gavin Hewitt (Scotch Whisky Association)
Marjorie Marshall (Scottish Government Health Finance Directorate)

CLERK TO THE COMMITTEE

James Johnston

SENIOR ASSISTANT CLERK

Terry Shevlin

ASSISTANT CLERK

Allan Campbell

LOCATION

Committee Room 2