Local Government and Communities Committee

Convener

*James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab)

Committee members

*Keith Brown (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP)

*Gordon MacDonald (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)

*Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)

*Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con)

*Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Ind)

Committee substitutes

Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con)

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green)

Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab)

David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)

The following also participated:

Nina Ballantyne (Citizens Advice Scotland)

John Blackwood (Scottish Association of Landlords)

Tony Cain (Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers)

Aileen Campbell (Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government)

Gordon Maloney (Living Rent)

Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab)

Professor Douglas Robertson (University of Stirling)

Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Ind)

Clerk to the committee

Peter McGrath