Convener

*Stewart Maxwell (West Scotland) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Siobhan McMahon (Central Scotland) (Lab)

Committee members

*George Adam (Paisley) (SNP)

*Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP)

*Chic Brodie (South Scotland) (SNP)

*Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab)

*Gordon MacDonald (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)

*Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD)

*Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con)

Committee substitutes

James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP)

Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab)

Tavish Scott (Shetland Islands) (LD)

Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

The following also participated:

Dr Audrey Cameron (Child Protection Research Centre)

Tracy Christie (Hazelwood School Parent Council)

Dominic Everett (Royal National Institute of Blind People)

Catherine Finestone (British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Scotland)

Heather Gray (National Deaf Children’s Society)

Rachel O’Neill (Moray House School of Education)

Sally Paterson (Scottish Association for Visual Impairment Education)

Dr John Ravenscroft (Scottish Sensory Centre)

Clerk to the committee

Terry Shevlin