Convener

*Gordon Lindhurst (Lothian) (Con)

Deputy convener

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

Committee members

*Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab)

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

*Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con)

*Dean Lockhart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

*Richard Lyle (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP)

*Gordon MacDonald (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)

Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green)

Committee substitutes

Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP)

Tom Mason (North East Scotland) (Con)

Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)

The following also participated:

Andrew Bartlett (Advice Direct Scotland Ltd)

Professor Iain Black (University of Stirling)

Sarah O’Neill (Sarah O’Neill Consulting)

Graeme Paton (Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland)

Fiona Richardson (Trading Standards Scotland)

Sheila Scobie (Competition and Markets Authority)

James Walker (Resolver)

Graham Wynn (British Retail Consortium)

Clerk to the committee

Alison Walker