Convener

*Audrey Nicoll (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con)

Committee members

*Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab)

*Jamie Greene (West Scotland) (Con)

*Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)

*Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)

*Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab)

*Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Keith Brown (Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans)

Tom Fox (Scottish Prison Service)

David Fraser (Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service)

Gillian Fyfe (Citizens Advice Scotland)

Colin Lancaster (Scottish Legal Aid Board)

Tony Lenehen (Faculty of Advocates)

Jamie MacQueen (Scottish Government)

Julia McPartlin (Scottish Solicitors Bar Association)

Ian Moir (Law Society of Scotland)

Professor Alan Paterson (University of Strathclyde)

Dr Marsha Scott (Scottish Women’s Aid)

Clerk to the committee

Stephen Imrie