Convener

*Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

Deputy convener

*Dennis Robertson (Aberdeenshire West) (SNP)

Committee members

*Chic Brodie (South Scotland) (SNP)

*Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green)

*Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab)

*Richard Lyle (Central Scotland) (SNP)

*Gordon MacDonald (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)

*Lewis Macdonald (North East Scotland) (Lab)

*Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP)

Committee substitutes

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab)

Bruce Crawford (Stirling) (SNP)

Annabel Goldie (West Scotland) (Con)

Alison Johnstone (Lothian) (Green)

The following also participated:

Stephen Boyd (Scottish Trades Union Congress)

Elaine Drennan (Scottish Government)

Professor Patricia Findlay (University of Strathclyde)

Jamie Livingstone (Oxfam Scotland)

Anna Ritchie Allan (Close the Gap)

Lucy Stokes (National Institute of Economic and Social Research)

Martin Taulbut (NHS Health Scotland)

Clerk to the committee

Douglas Wands