local government and communities Committee
30^th Meeting 2008, Session 3

CONVENER

*Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)

DEPUTY CONVENER

Alasdair Allan (Western Isles) (SNP)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

*Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP)
*Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill) (Lab)
*David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con)
*Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab)
Jim Tolson (Dunfermline West) (LD)
*John Wilson (Central Scotland) (SNP)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTES

*Brian Adam (Aberdeen North) (SNP)
Paul Martin (Glasgow Springburn) (Lab)
Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD)
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con)

*attended

THE FOLLOWING GAVE EVIDENCE:

Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley (University of Edinburgh)
Jim McCormick (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
Professor Paul Spicker (Robert Gordon University)

CLERK TO THE COMMITTEE

Martin Verity

SENIOR ASSISTANT CLERK

David McLaren

ASSISTANT CLERK

Ian Cowan

LOCATION

Committee Room 4