In just three years, its client-protection principles have been endorsed by more than 1, 000 microfinance institutions in 130 countries representing more than 60 million clients.
But speaking on behalf of the parliament's Justice 1 Committee, which has welcomed the general principles of the Bill, Labour MSP Gordon Jackson criticised the stance taken by the Conservatives.
The figures are a set of financial records for the entire UK public sector, from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 - under the previous Labour government - based on commercial accounting principles.