Chamber and committees

Okay.

In response to one of James Dornan’s questions, you talked about the reduction in the number of bodies involved from 132 to 110 as being partly a reflection of pension schemes not taking part or the classification of pension schemes being changed. The Strathclyde local government pension scheme, for example, is worth £28 billion—it is one of the top 10 schemes out of all the pension schemes across the UK. Incidentally, the university superannuation scheme comes top of that league, I think. Are you saying that the Strathclyde pension scheme was previously in the exercise and is no longer in the exercise?

Who decided to call it the national fraud initiative?

So that large municipal pension scheme is included in the exercise that you are carrying out—that is fine. Thanks, that is helpful. I invite Colin Beattie to put some questions to you next.

Do bodies undertake such a cost benefit assessment?

James Dornan wants to come in on the blue badge issue.

I now ask the deputy convener to ask some questions.

Okay. That is not an entirely satisfactory ending, but I thank you all for taking part in this morning’s evidence session. I appreciate that it has been long and, at times, quite testing, so thank you for your co-operation. There are a number of areas that the committee will want to follow up, and I think that we have agreed that you will get some more information to us to help us understand both what has gone on and what is happening.

Again, I thank Catherine Williams, Kersti Berge, Michelle Quinn, David Satti, Donald MacRae and Robin McGill for their time—it is much appreciated. We will consider our next steps as a committee. I now close the public part of this morning’s meeting.

Very briefly.

In the interests of time, we will move straight to Graham Simpson, who will ask the final round of questions.

So it is a no-alcohol policy now.