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:

Chris Birt (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

John Dickie (Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland)

Matthew Duff (Scottish Government)

Ben Macpherson (Minister for Social Security and Local Government)

Bill Scott (Poverty and Inequality Commission)

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

Clerk to the committee

Claire Menzies