Convener

*Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP)

Committee members

*Gavin Brown (Lothian) (Con)

*Bruce Crawford (Stirling) (SNP)

*Michael McMahon (Uddingston and Bellshill) (Lab)

*Elaine Murray (Dumfriesshire) (Lab)

*Jean Urquhart (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Simon Fevre (British Dietetic Association)

Professor Elspeth Graham (ESRC Centre for Population Change)

Delia Henry (Action on Hearing Loss Scotland)

Barbara Hurst (Audit Scotland)

Professor Robert Logie (Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology)

Colin Mair (Improvement Service)

Robert Parry (NHS Education for Scotland)

Anne Simpson (National Osteoporosis Society)

Alan Sinclair (Centre for Confidence and Well-being)

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood (Royal Society of Edinburgh)

Clerk to the committee

James Johnston