Convener

*Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab)

Deputy convener

Michael Matheson (Falkirk West) (SNP)

Committee members

*Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab)

*Ted Brocklebank (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill) (Lab)

*Jamie Hepburn (Central Scotland) (SNP)

*Jim Hume (South of Scotland) (LD)

Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP)

Committee substitutes

Jackson Carlaw (West of Scotland) (Con)

Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab)

Gil Paterson (West of Scotland) (SNP)

Iain Smith (North East Fife) (LD)

The following also participated:

Duncan Botting (Scottish European Green Energy Centre)

Stephen Boyd (Scottish Trades Union Congress)

Vivienne Brown (Skills Development Scotland)

Paul Cackette (Scottish Government Legal Directorate)

Sir David Edward (Royal Society of Edinburgh)

Vanessa Glynn (Scottish Government Culture, External Affairs and Tourism Directorate)

Donald Henderson (Scottish Government Culture, External Affairs and Tourism Directorate)

Morag Keith (West of Scotland Colleges Partnership)

Peter Kelly (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations)

Donald MacInnes (Scottish Enterprise)

Clerk to the committee

Lynn Tullis

Simon Watkins