Convener

*Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green)

Deputy convener

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

Committee members

*Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con)

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

*Meghan Gallacher (Central Scotland) (Con)

*Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab)

*Paul McLennan (East Lothian) (SNP)

Committee substitutes

Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab)

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Johanna Baxter (Unison)

Martin Booth (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers)

Kate Forbes (Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy)

Councillor Gail Macgregor (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)

Shona Robison (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government)

Eileen Rowand (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities)

Ian Storrie (Scottish Government)

Clerk to the committee

Euan Donald