Convener

Elena Whitham (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP)

Deputy convener

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

Committee members

*Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con)

*Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con)

*Foysol Choudhury (Lothian) (Lab)

*Pam Duncan-Glancy (Glasgow) (Lab)

*Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Laura Caven (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)

Kirsty Doull (CELCIS)

Alison Gillies (Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland)

Micheleine Kane (Scottish Kinship Care Alliance)

Linda Richards (Perth and Kinross Council)

Vivien Thomson (Social Work Scotland)

Evelyn Tweed (Stirling) (SNP) (Committee Substitute)

Gill Westwood (Peebles and District Citizens Advice Bureau)

Clerk to the committee

Claire Menzies