Convener

*James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab)

Committee members

*Keith Brown (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP)

*Gail Ross (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP)

*Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

*Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con)

*Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green)

Committee substitutes

Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con)

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green)

Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab)

David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Jonathan Belford (Aberdeen City Council)

Martin Booth (Glasgow City Council and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives)

Malcolm Burr (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar)

Councillor Gail Macgregor (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)

Eileen Rowand (Fife Council and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)

Gavin Stevenson (Dumfries and Galloway Council)

Clerk to the committee

Peter McGrath