Local Government and Regeneration Committee

Convener

*Joe FitzPatrick (Dundee City West) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (SNP)

Committee members

Ruth Davidson (Glasgow) (Con)

*Kezia Dugdale (Lothian) (Lab)

*Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab)

*David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)

*Bill Walker (Dunfermline) (SNP)

The following also participated:

James Fowlie (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)

Ronnie Hinds (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers Scotland)

Professor Richard Kerley (Queen Margaret University)

Mark McAteer (Improvement Service)

Fraser McKinlay (Audit Scotland)

Don Peebles (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in Scotland)

Dave Watson (Unison)

Clerk to the committee

Eugene Windsor