Convener

*Christina McKelvie (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Hanzala Malik (Glasgow) (Lab)

Committee members

*Roderick Campbell (North East Fife) (SNP)

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

*Adam Ingram (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP)

*Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con)

Anne McTaggart (Glasgow) (Lab)

Committee substitutes

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)

Gavin Brown (Lothian) (Con)

Kenny MacAskill (Edinburgh Eastern) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Gordon Adam (Royal Society of Edinburgh)

Bruce Adamson (Scottish Human Rights Commission)

Alison Cairns (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations)

Andrew Campbell (Forth Valley College)

Anne Cant (Dundee and Angus College)

Dugald Craig (West of Scotland Colleges Partnership)

Julie Hepburn (Amnesty International)

David Hope-Jones (Scotland Malawi Partnership)

George Hotchkiss (West Lothian College)

Peter Kelly (Poverty Alliance)

Emma Meredith (Edinburgh College)

Margaret Munckton (Perth College)

Shona Pettigrew (New College Lanarkshire)

Clerk to the committee

Katy Orr