Convener

*Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Con)

Deputy convener

*Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab)

Committee members

*Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD)

*Cathie Craigie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (Lab)

*Nigel Don (North East Scotland) (SNP)

*James Kelly (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab)

*Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP)

*Dave Thompson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

Committee substitutes

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)

John Lamont (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)

Mike Pringle (Edinburgh South) (LD)

Maureen Watt (North East Scotland) (SNP)

The following also attended:

Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

The following also participated:

Lesley Dowdalls (Law Society of Scotland)

Katie Hay (Law Society of Scotland)

Anne Marie Hicks (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)

Assistant Chief Constable Iain Livingstone (Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland)

Christopher Macintosh (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)

Clerk to the committee

Andrew Mylne