Local Government and Regeneration Committee

Convener

*Joe FitzPatrick (Dundee City West) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (SNP)

Committee members

Kezia Dugdale (Lothian) (Lab)

*Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab)

*Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con)

*David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)

*Bill Walker (Dunfermline) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Dorothy Cowie (Scotland Excel)

Patrick McGuire (Thompsons Solicitors)

Iain Moore (Scottish Government)

Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) (Committee Substitute)

John Swinney (Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth)

Clerk to the committee

Eugene Windsor