Convener

*Gordon Lindhurst (Lothian) (Con)

Deputy convener

*Willie Coffey (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP)

Committee members

*Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP)

*Maurice Golden (West Scotland) (Con)

*Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

*Alison Harris (Central Scotland) (Con)

*Richard Lyle (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP)

*Gordon MacDonald (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)

*Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green)

Committee substitutes

Dean Lockhart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP)

Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)

The following also participated:

Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab)

Nick Hawthorne (Scottish Parliament)

Sarah-Jane McArthur (Law Society of Scotland)

Gavin Mowat (Scottish Land & Estates)

Professor Roderick Paisley (University of Aberdeen)

Neil Ross (Scottish Parliament)

Tammy Swift-Adams (Homes for Scotland)

Clerk to the committee

Alison Walker