Convener

*Dean Lockhart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

Deputy convener

*Fiona Hyslop (Linlithgow) (SNP)

Committee members

*Natalie Don (Renfrewshire North and West) (SNP)

*Jackie Dunbar (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP)

*Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con)

*Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab)

*Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)

Committee substitutes

Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride) (SNP)

Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab)

Brian Whittle (South Scotland) (Con)

The following also participated:

Councillor Susan Aitken (Glasgow City Council)

Councillor Margaret Davidson (Highland Council)

Simon Fieldhouse (Dumfries and Galloway Council)

Councillor Jenny Laing (Aberdeen City Council)

Councillor Adam McVey (City of Edinburgh Council)

Clerk to the committee

Peter McGrath