Convener

*Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)

Deputy convener

*Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP)

Committee members

*Mark McDonald (North East Scotland) (SNP)

*Aileen McLeod (South Scotland) (SNP)

*Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con)

*Gil Paterson (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)

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

*Drew Smith (Glasgow) (Lab)

*David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Tam Baillie (Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People)

Louise Carlin (Scottish Government)

Jennifer Davidson (Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland)

Lucy Finn (Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland)

Moyra Hawthorn (Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland)

Joan Johnson (Health in Mind)

Dr Donald Lyons (Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland)

Kathleen Marshall (Time to be Heard)

Alan McCloskey (Victim Support Scotland)

Professor Alan Miller (Scottish Human Rights Commission)

Lorna Patterson (In Care Survivors Service Scotland)

Linda Watters (SurvivorScotland)

Duncan Wilson (Scottish Human Rights Commission)

Clerk to the committee

Eugene Windsor