Meeting Minutes
1st Meeting, 2021
Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Session: 6
Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
Meeting opened at: 11:17am
Meeting closed at: 12:17pm
Committee Members Attendees
Jeremy Balfour
Miles Briggs
Foysol Choudhury
Natalie Don
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Neil Gray
Marie McNair
Emma Roddick
1 Declaration of interests:
Members of the Committee were invited to declare any relevant interests. The following interests were declared—
Jeremy Balfour indicated that he is in receipt of Personal Independence Payment.
Natalie Don is a councillor for Renfrewshire Council.
Pam Duncan-Glancy worked for Public Health Scotland until 11 May 2021 and indicated that she is in receipt of Personal Independence Payment.
Neil Gray indicated that he was formerly the Deputy Convener of the Social Justice and Fairness Commission.
Emma Roddick is a councillor for Highland Council and indicated that she formerly worked on the Social Justice and Care Commission.
Miles Briggs, Foysol Choudhury and Marie McNair had no relevant interests to declare.
2 Choice of Convener:
The Committee chose Neil Gray its Convener.
3 Choice of Deputy Convener:
The Committee chose Natalie Don as its Deputy Convener.
4 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 6 in private.
5 Legacy Paper:
The Committee noted the Social Security Committee Session 5 legacy paper and agreed to consider it as part of a future work programme discussion.
6 Work programme:
The Committee considered its approach to developing its work programme and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government about the Scottish Government’s priorities and to invite oral evidence from the Cabinet Secretary after the summer recess. Similarly, the Committee agreed to write to Social Security Scotland, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Department of Work and Pensions about their priorities. The Committee also agreed to hold a business planning day and delegated authority to make arrangements to the Convener. Furthermore, the Committee agreed its approach to forthcoming legislation.