Convener

*Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Margaret McDougall (West Scotland) (Lab)

Committee members

*George Adam (Paisley) (SNP)

*Cameron Buchanan (Lothian) (Con)

*Cara Hilton (Dunfermline) (Lab)

*Richard Lyle (Central Scotland) (SNP)

*Fiona McLeod (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)

Committee substitutes

Jackson Carlaw (West Scotland) (Con)

Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab)

Colin Keir (Edinburgh Western) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab)

Magnus Gardham (Scottish Parliamentary Journalists Association)

Rob Gibson (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP)

Ann Henderson (Scottish Trades Union Congress)

Stewart Maxwell (West Scotland) (SNP)

Professor Colin T Reid (University of Dundee)

Clerk to the committee

Gillian Baxendine

Alison Walker