Convener

*Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)

Deputy convener

*Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP)

Committee members

*Jim Eadie (Edinburgh Southern) (SNP)

*Mary Fee (West Scotland) (Lab)

*Richard Lyle (Central Scotland) (SNP)

*Fiona McLeod (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)

Gil Paterson (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)

*Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con)

*Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)

The following also participated:

Mark Ballard (Barnardo’s Scotland)

Marion Davis (One Parent Families Scotland)

John Dickie (Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland)

David Griffiths (Ecas)

Douglas Hamilton (Save the Children)

Kate Higgins (Children 1st)

Maggie Kelly (Poverty Alliance)

Matt Lancashire (Citizens Advice Scotland)

Marion Macleod (Children in Scotland)

Robert McGeachy (Action for Children Scotland)

Dennis Robertson (Aberdeenshire West) (SNP) (Committee Substitute)

Drew Smith (Glasgow) (Lab)

Clerk to the committee

Douglas Wands