The Committee is grateful to all of those individuals and organisations that submitted evidence to our inquiry.In addition to the written evidence received, the Committee heard from a number of witnesses during our meetings, namely:1 November, 2017Professor Duncan Maclennan, Policy Scotland, University of Glasgow;Dr Peter O'Brien, Research Associate, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, Newcastle University;Lesley Warren, Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights;Barry McCulloch, Senior Policy Adviser, Federation of Small Businesses; and Chris Day, Policy Advisor, Transform Scotland.8 November, 2017Councillor Susan Aitken, Chair, Glasgow City Region Cabinet and Leader of Glasgow City Council;Kevin Rush, Director of Regional Economic Growth, Glasgow City Region Deal;Councillor Adam McVey, Leader, City of Edinburgh Council, and Andrew Kerr, Chief Executive, City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh and South-East Scotland City Region Deal Partners;Councillor Graham Ross, Depute Provost and Leader of Inverness Area, and John Robertson, Programme Manager, City Region Deal, Highland Council;Councillor David Ross, Co-Leader, Fife Council; andCouncillor Jenny Laing, Co-Leader, and Richard Sweetnam, Head of Economic Development, Aberdeen City Council.15 November, 2017Patrick Wiggins, Director, Ayrshire Growth Deal;Douglas Duff, Head of Planning and Economic Development, Falkirk Council; andPhil Ford, Regional Skills Planning Lead, and Paul Zealey, Regional Skills Planning Lead, Skills Development Scotland.22 November, 2017Keith Brown...