Convener

*Stewart Maxwell (West Scotland) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Siobhan McMahon (Central Scotland) (Lab)

Committee members

*George Adam (Paisley) (SNP)

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

Chic Brodie (South Scotland) (SNP)

Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab)

*Gordon MacDonald (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)

*Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD)

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con)

Committee substitutes

Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab)

Tavish Scott (Shetland Islands) (LD)

The following also participated:

Carly Brownlie (Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters)

Andy Carmichael (British Sign Language Interpreter)

Dr Pauline Craig (NHS Health Scotland)

Clark Denmark

Maria Dick (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)

James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) (Committee Substitute)

Alan Drew

Professor Rob Dunbar (University of Edinburgh)

Nigel Firth (NHS Grampian)

Heather Gray (National Deaf Children’s Society)

Avril Hepner (British Deaf Association)

Katy Hetherington (NHS Health Scotland)

Rachel Mapson (British Sign Language Interpreter)

Frankie McLean (Deaf Action)

Nicola Mitchell

Robert Nicol (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)

Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) (Committee Substitute)

Professor Graham H Turner (Heriot-Watt University)

Lorraine Vallance (Heads of Disability Services Group)

Clerk to the committee

Terry Shevlin