Convener

*Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD)

Committee members

*Mary Fee (West Scotland) (Lab)

*Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)

*Oliver Mundell (Dumfriesshire) (Con)

*Gail Ross (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP)

*Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con)

Committee substitutes

Linda Fabiani (East Kilbride) (SNP)

Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

Alison Harris (Central Scotland) (Con)

Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD)

The following also participated:

Bruce Adamson (Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland)

The Solicitor General for Scotland (Alison Di Rollo)

Anthony McGeehan (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)

Professor Ann Skelton (United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child)

The Lord Advocate (Rt Hon James Wolffe QC)

Clerk to the committee

Claire Menzies