Convener

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

Deputy convener

*Fiona Hyslop (Linlithgow) (SNP)

Committee members

*Natalie Don (Renfrewshire North and West) (SNP)

*Jackie Dunbar (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP)

*Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con)

*Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab)

*Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)

Committee substitutes

Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride) (SNP)

Mercedes Villalba (North East Scotland) (Lab)

Brian Whittle (South Scotland) (Con)

The following also participated:

Dr Matthew Hannon (University of Strathclyde)

Tim Lord (Phoenix Group and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)

Dr Richard Lowes (Regulatory Assistance Project)

Clerk to the committee

Peter McGrath