Convener

*Graeme Dey (Angus South) (SNP)

Deputy convener

Maurice Golden (West Scotland) (Con)

Committee members

*Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab)

*Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Con)

*Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)

Kate Forbes (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP)

*Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP)

*Richard Lyle (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP)

*Angus MacDonald (Falkirk East) (SNP)

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

David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

The following also participated:

Anthony Beckwith (An Evening with Lions and Tigers)

Rona Brown (Circus Guild of Great Britain)

Martin Burton (Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain)

David Kerr (Argyll and Bute Council)

Carol MacManus (Circus Mondao)

Dr Dorothy McKeegan (University of Glasgow)

Michael McLeod (Scottish Government)

Andrew Mitchell (City of Edinburgh Council)

Clerk to the committee

Lynn Tullis