Convener

*Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP)

Deputy convener

Tom McCabe (Hamilton South) (Lab)

Committee members

*Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con)

*Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab)

*Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP)

Joe FitzPatrick (Dundee West) (SNP)

*Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)

*David Whitton (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Lab)

Committee substitutes

Gavin Brown (Lothians) (Con)

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab)

*Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP)

Liam McArthur (Orkney) (LD)

The following also attended:

Trish Godman (West Renfrewshire) (Lab)

The following also participated:

Professor Ruth Hancock (University of East Anglia)

Dr Michael Harris (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)

Brian McKechnie (University of Strathclyde)

Clerk to the committee

James Johnston