Convener

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

Deputy convener

*Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con)

Committee members

*Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab)

*Sharon Dowey (South Scotland) (Con)

*Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)

*Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)

*Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab)

*John Swinney (Perthshire North) (SNP)

The following also participated:

The Lord Advocate (Dorothy Bain KC)

Sheriff Andrew Cubie (Sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, Appeal Sheriff and Temporary High Court Judge)

The Rt Hon Lord Matthews (Senator of the College of Justice)

Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe (Glasgow Caledonian University)

Dr Andrew Tickell (Glasgow Caledonian University)

Clerk to the committee

Stephen Imrie