BBC Scotland Director Ken MacQuarrie says the budget for commissioning is £69m.

Mr Maxwell asks for the actual budget the commissioning editor in Scotland has. 

BBC's managing director of finance and operations Anne Bulford says that figure is £35m.

Education and Committee convener Stewart Maxwell asks about the four commissioners based in Scotland.

The director general says: "Based means their primary place of residence is here." 

He says they are network commissioners.

Lord Hall says it is the controller who finally decides on whether a programme should be be commissioned or not. 

SNP MSP George Adam says Dr Who's show runner Steven Moffat comes from his own home town of Paisley.

The director general says Mr Moffat is a genius being able to run Sherlock and Dr Who at the same time.

Mr Adam asserts: "It's just the way we're brought up in Paisely."  

SNP MSP George Adam asks about TV commissioning.

Mr Adam says last week the committee heard that some felt the BBC commissioning was "archaic".

Lord Hall says the aim is to have a simpler and more direct commissioning service. 

He says: "We want more access to commissioners."

SNP MSP Stewart Maxwell says the Scottish Parliament will see the UK accounts.

Mr Maxwell asks what will be presented beyond that.

Ms Bulford says a format of supplementary information will be looked at but the detail must be worked through.  

Scottish Conservative MSP Mary Scanlon asks how the BBC will ensure financial information from BBC Scotland will be made fully transparent.

Lord Hall says the BBC Report and Accounts are laid before the Scottish Parliament for scrutiny. 

Ms Scanlon asks how the BBC will seek to avoid future arguments about the spend in Scotland.

BBC's managing director of finance and operations Anne Bulford says the way the service licences currently work is being looked at.

There is clearly an opportunity to increase the relevance to Scotland in service licences.

Lord Hall says there is a more effective way of managing the BBC, in a more effective and leaner way.

He says the proposal for BBC Studios, which must go through the BBC Trust, would ensure that the very best ideas from the nations of the UK are picked up.

SNP MSP Chic Brodie says that is just "shuffling the pack".

SNP MSP Chic Brodie says there appears to be no real accountability on the ground.

Mr Brodie asks why the BBC does not create a seperate company in Scotland for all aspects of governance and give accountability to the licence fee payer.

Lord Hall says he is not as downbeat, as Mr Brodie clearly is, about the "monolith that is the BBC".

He says a unitary board will provide the accountability and transparency required, a complete change of culture. 

Lord Hall says there is a balance between programmes that reflect Scotland and programmes that are made by Scots for a local audience.

Mr MacQuarrie says programmes like The Weakest Link and Waterloo Road were "enormously beneficial in terms of the skill sector".

The economic impact of Waterloo Road in Greenock was very beneficial, says BBC Scotland's director. 

Lord Hall says there are things that can be done to cement much more closely the relationship between the commissioning teams in London and Scotland.

The BBC's director general says there are programmes in Scotland that take too long to get on to network, like Shetland.

He says Dr Who, of which he is an addict, has a vibrant Scottish input.  

SNP MSP Stewart Maxwell says the per capita spend by the BBC is higher than England and lower than Northern Ireland and Wales. 

Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur says there have been different views on "lift and shift", asking where is the legacy value of that. 

Mr McArthur asks about the value of The Weakest Link and Waterloo Road coming to Scoland.  

Mr Griffin asks again how much of the £323m raised by the licence fee in Scotland would have to pay for the 88% of viewing in Scotland which is of network programmes.

BBC's managing director of finance and operations Anne Bulford says there is a contribution from Scotland of  £200m into all other network services, distribution and the i-player.

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Ms Bulford says to buy all of those services would be an unknown cost. 

She says the people of Scotland are able to access the whole of the BBC services for 40p a day. 

Labour MSP Mark Griffin says there are calls for a more federal structure for the BBC.

What would the costs be to buy in services from network, he asks.

Lord Hall says there is not a cost for that.

The BBC director general says it is about ensuring the power of the BBC brand globally is intact, but also be a creative hub for Scotland.

He says there is a huge amount that can be done, if there is equality. 

SNP MSP Gordon Macdonald asks if BBC Scotland will have a higher budget and more control

Lord Hall says the plan is for Scotland to control the budget of what is done in Scotland for Scotland.

BBC's managing director of finance and operations Anne Bulford says the general overhead support is not included in the content spend.

Mr Macdonald says much of the content spend is on programmes such as Question Time, Waterloo Road and the Weakest Link.

How do they reflect Scotland's view of the UK, asks the SNP MSP.

Lord Hall says these programmes, known as "lift and shift" have provided jobs in Scotland and economic value, 

He says the next part of the journey is to use commissioning powers to have drama and comedies that "feel of Scotland". 

BBC's managing director of finance and operations Anne Bulford says in terms of the spend in Scotland, the content spend is £190m.

That includes £108m in TV services, BBC Scotland opt out and spend on BBC Alba.

Ms Bulford says in terms of network there is £82m spend in Scotland.

The BBC's director general defended the corporation's decision to take on the cost of free TV licences for people over the age of 75 last July., external

"It gives us financial stability and the ability to plan for the future," Tony Hall told BBC Radio 4's Today.

He rejected comments by former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw that the deal effectively made the BBC "a branch of the department of work and pensions".

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But he acknowledged misgivings over the process that led to the arrangement.

"There are issues to do with the independence of the BBC which will be examined at the charter review," said Lord Hall.

There has been criticism from the chair of the BBC Trust, Rona Fairhead, and former director general Lord Birt, that the deal was struck behind closed doors.

"We are disappointed that [the public] have not been given any say in the major decisions about the BBC's future funding," said Fairhead in an open letter, external to chancellor George Osborne.