Local Government and Communities Committee

Convener

*James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab)

Committee members

*Keith Brown (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP)

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

*Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

*Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con)

*Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green)

Committee substitutes

Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con)

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green)

Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab)

David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Councillor Malcolm Bell (Shetland Islands Council)

Anouk Berthier (Scottish Government)

Councillor Alison Evison (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)

Andrew Fraser (Society of Local Authority Lawyers and Administrators)

Professor Chris Himsworth (The University of Edinburgh)

Professor Richard Kerley (Queen Margaret University)

Ben Macpherson (Minister for Public Finance and Migration)

Alison Payne (Reform Scotland)

Ian Storrie (Scottish Government)

Clerk to the committee

Peter McGrath