Convener

*Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)

Deputy convener

*Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP)

Committee members

*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)

*Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)

The following also participated:

Dr Salah Beltagui (Muslim Council of Scotland)

Ephraim Borowski (Scottish Council of Jewish Communities)

Dr Pat Carragher (Children’s Hospice Association Scotland)

John Deighan (Bishops Conference of Scotland)

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

The Rev Sally Foster-Fulton (Church of Scotland)

The Rev Dr Harriet Harris (Scottish Episcopal Church)

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green)

Mark Hazelwood (Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care)

Dr Stephen Hutchison (Highland Hospice)

Dr David Jeffrey (University of Edinburgh)

The Rev Dr Donald MacDonald (Free Church of Scotland)

Richard Meade (Marie Curie Cancer Care)

Clerk to the committee

Eugene Windsor