Committee meetingsThere were 35 meetings in the parliamentary year.NumberTotal meetings of the Committee35Meetings held wholly in private3Meetings held partly in private32Joint meetings with other Committees0Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference32Hybrid meetings (from 12 August 2020)3Committee membersMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Jeremy Balfour (until 20 August 2020)Con6(6)Sarah BoyackLab33(35)Keith Brown (from 1 September 2020)SNP27(27)James DornanSNP35(35)Annabelle Ewing (until 31 August 2020)SNP5(8)Kenneth Gibson (until 1 September 2020)SNP7(8)Gordon MacDonald (from 3 December 2020)SNP15(15)Gail Ross (1 September 2020 to 3 December 2020)SNP10(12)Graham Simpson (until 20 August 2020)Con6(6)Alexander Stewart (from 20 August 2020)Con29(29)Annie Wells (from 20 August 2020)Con18(29)Andy WightmanGreen (until 18 Dec 20); Ind (from 18 Dec 20)32(35)Substitute membersSubstitute MembersPartyNumber of meetings attendedJeremy Balfour (from 20 August 2020)Con6Patrick HarvieGreen0Pauline McNeillLab2Alexander Stewart (until 20 August 2020)Con0David TorranceSNP1Ad-hoc substitute membersThe following MSPs attended meetings of the committee as substitute members on an ad hoc basisSubstitute MembersPartyNumber of meetings attendedGordon MacDonaldSNP1Reporters: None
Committee Clerk: Peter McGrath
Advisers: None
Visits: The committee made 3 visits. 2 community wellbeing sessions with Voluntary Action Shetland, Stromness and Orkney Adult Befriending group, Kirkwall. 1 Period Products Bill workshop, Dunfermline High School.