Convener

*Audrey Nicoll (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con)

Committee members

Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab)

*Sharon Dowey (South Scotland) (Con)

*Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP)

*Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)

*Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)

*Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab)

The following also participated:

Ruth Breslin (Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute)

Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs)

Teresa Medhurst (Scottish Prison Service)

Professor Jo Phoenix (University of Reading)

Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind)

Dr Larissa Sandy (University of Nottingham)

Ruth Swanson (Scottish Government)

Alasdair Thomson (Scottish Government)

Dr Niina Vuolajärvi (London School of Economics)

Clerk to the committee

Stephen Imrie