Social Justice and Social Security Committee
Meeting Agenda
8th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Start time: 09:00am
- Published: Monday, March 11, 2024 04:43pm
1 Decisions on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private and whether its review, at future meetings, of evidence heard on the Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill should be taken in private.
2 Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Witnesses
Kirstie Henderson, Policy Officer (Scotland), Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
Claire Andrews, Legal Rights Officer, Legal Rights Service, Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
Craig Smith, Senior Policy and Research Officer, Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH)
Allan Faulds, Senior Policy Officer, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
Note by the Clerk - Paper 1 45KB pdf posted 11/03/2024 (Ref: SJSS/S6/24/8/1)
SPICe issues - Paper 2 209KB pdf posted 11/03/2024 (Ref: SJSS/S6/24/8/2)
3 Consideration of evidence
The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
4 Work programme
The Committee will consider its work programme.
SJSS/S6/24/8/3(P) (Private Paper)
5 Correspondence
The Committee will consider correspondence received from the Chair of the Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment and a letter from the Convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee on Parliamentary scrutiny of proposed national outcomes.
SJSS/S6/24/8/4(P) (Private Paper)