The Committee held evidence sessions on 7 May, 14 May, 21 May, 28 May, 4 June and 11 June, hearing from members of the advisory group (whose implementation plan informed the Bill), business organisations, STUC, the third sector, Scottish Enterprise, think tanks, investors, the Clydesdale Bank, economists Mariana Mazzucato and Laurie Macfarlane (authors of A mission-oriented framework for the Scottish National Investment Bank), other investment banks, and the Scottish Government.