Finance Committee

Convener

*Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP)

Deputy convener

*Tom McCabe (Hamilton South) (Lab)

Committee members

*Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con)

*Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab)

*Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP)

*Joe FitzPatrick (Dundee West) (SNP)

Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)

*David Whitton (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Lab)

Committee substitutes

Gavin Brown (Lothians) (Con)

Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab)

Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP)

Liam McArthur (Orkney) (LD)

The following also participated:

Sir John Arbuthnott (Royal Society of Edinburgh)

Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

Dr Michael Harris (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)

Professor Edward Melhuish (University of London)

Alan Sinclair (Centre for Confidence and Well-being)

Clerk to the committee

James Johnston