Convener

*Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con)

Deputy convener

*David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)

Committee members

*Foysol Choudhury (Lothian) (Lab)

*Fergus Ewing (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind)

*Maurice Golden (North East Scotland) (Con)

The following also participated:

Rt Hon Dorothy Bain KC (Lord Advocate)

Angela Constance (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs)

Alistair Hogg (Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration)

Stephanie Ross (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)

Clerk to the committee

Jyoti Chandola