Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Meeting Agenda
4th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Thursday, February 23, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Start time: 09:00am
- Published: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:31pm
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 and the Social Security Up-rating (Scotland) Order 2023 from—
Witnesses
Ben Macpherson, Minister for Social Security and Local Government, Scottish Government
Simon Coote, Head of Cross Cutting Policy Unit, Scottish Government
Camilo Arredondo, Solicitor, Scottish Government
Dominic Mellan, Economic Adviser - Social Security Analysis, Forecasting and Evaluation Branch, Scottish Government
Paper 1_Note by the Clerk_Uprating Regulations 2023 734KB pdf posted 20/02/2023 (Ref: SJSS/S6/23/4/1)
Paper 2_Note by the Clerk_Uprating Order 2023 708KB pdf posted 20/02/2023 (Ref: SJSS/S6/23/4/2)
Paper 3_SPICe Briefing_Uprating Regulations 2023 746KB pdf posted 20/02/2023 (Ref: SJSS/S6/23/4/3)
3 Subordinate legislation
Ben Macpherson (Minister for Social Security and Local Government) to move—S6M-07737—That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 be approved.
4 Subordinate legislation
Ben Macpherson (Minister for Social Security and Local Government) to move—S6M-07738—That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Social Security Up-rating (Scotland) Order 2023 be approved.
5 Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM(S6)33 from—
Witnesses
Ben Macpherson, Minister for Social Security and Local Government, Scottish Government
Susan Soutar, Reserved Benefits Policy Manager, Scottish Government
Kayleigh Blair, Solicitor, Scottish Government
Paper 4_Note by the Clerk_LCM 659KB pdf posted 21/02/2023 (Ref: SJSS/S6/23/4/4)
6 Social Security (Additional Payments) (No. 2) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.