Convener

*Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab)

Committee members

*George Adam (Paisley) (SNP)

*Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con)

*Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab)

*Alison Johnstone (Lothian) (Green)

*Ben Macpherson (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (SNP)

*Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP)

*Adam Tomkins (Glasgow) (Con)

The following also participated:

Jessica Burns (Regional Tribunal Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber)

John Dickie (Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland)

Jatin Haria (Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights)

Peter Kelly (The Poverty Alliance)

Dr Jim McCormick (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

Chris Oswald (Equality and Human Rights Commission)

Emma Ritch (Engender)

Judith Robertson (Scottish Human Rights Commission)

Clerk to the committee

Simon Watkins