Social Security Committee [Session 5]
Committee covers:
- Scottish social security policy
- the delivery and payment of benefits that help address poverty
- Scottish social security benefits that provide support for:
- carers
- cold-spell heating
- disability
- early years
- employment injury
- funeral expenses
- housing
- short-term support
- winter heating
All the committee’s work is available on our archive website
Members
Members of the Social Security Committee
Former full and substitute members of the committee.
Clare Adamson
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Motherwell and Wishaw (Constituency)
Bob Doris
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Constituency)
Sandra White
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Kelvin (Constituency)
Pauline McNeill
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Glasgow (Region)
George Adam
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Paisley (Constituency)
Alasdair Allan
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Constituency)
Tom Arthur
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Renfrewshire South (Constituency)
Jeremy Balfour
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Michelle Ballantyne
Member
Party: Reform UK
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Keith Brown
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Constituency)
Mark Griffin
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Rachael Hamilton
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Constituency)
Alison Johnstone
Member
Party: No Party Affiliation
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Gordon Lindhurst
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Lothian (Region)
Ben Macpherson
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Constituency)
Ruth Maguire
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Cunninghame South (Constituency)
Shona Robison
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Dundee City East (Constituency)
Graham Simpson
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Adam Tomkins
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Glasgow (Region)
Substitute Members
James Dornan
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Cathcart (Constituency)
Jenny Gilruth
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Constituency)
Ross Greer
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Monica Lennon
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Richard Leonard
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Dean Lockhart
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Brian Whittle
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)