Convener

*Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)

Deputy convener

*Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP)

Committee members

*Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab)

Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

*Colin Keir (Edinburgh Western) (SNP)

*Richard Lyle (Central Scotland) (SNP)

*Mike MacKenzie (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

*Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con)

*Dennis Robertson (Aberdeenshire West) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Professor Alison Britton (Law Society of Scotland)

Amy Dalrymple (Alzheimer Scotland)

Trisha Hatt (Macmillan Cancer Support)

Dr Robert Hendry (Medical Protection Society)

Christine Lang (Citizens Advice Scotland)

Maria McGill (Children’s Hospice Association Scotland)

Richard Meade (Marie Curie)

Peter Walsh (Action against Medical Accidents)

Clerk to the committee

Jane Williams