Convener

*Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)

Deputy convener

Natalie Don (Renfrewshire North and West) (SNP)

Committee members

*Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con)

*Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con)

*Foysol Choudhury (Lothian) (Lab)

*Pam Duncan-Glancy (Glasgow) (Lab)

*Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)

*Emma Roddick (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Richard Gass (Rights Advice Scotland)

Trisha Hatt (Macmillan Cancer Support)

Frank McKillop (Enable Scotland)

Keith Park (MS Society Scotland)

Judith Paterson (Scottish Commission on Social Security)

Ed Pybus (Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland)

Bill Scott (Inclusion Scotland)

Craig Smith (Scottish Association for Mental Health)

Evelyn Tweed (Stirling) (SNP) (Committee Substitute)

Clerk to the committee

Claire Menzies