Meeting Agenda
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.
The Committee will take evidence on the Carer’s Assistance (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments, Revocation, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 from—
Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Scottish Government
Dawn Kane, Senior Policy Officer, Carer Benefits, Scottish Government
Jane Sterry, Team Leader, Carer Support Payment Policy, Scottish Government
Karolina Bodzak, Solicitor, Disability and Carer Benefits Branch, Scottish Government
Paper 1 - Note from the Clerk posted 06/10/2025 (Ref: SJSS/S6/25/26/1, 207KB, pdf)
Paper 2 - SPICe issues paper posted 06/10/2025 (Ref: SJSS/S6/25/26/2, 165KB, pdf)
Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice) to move—S6M-18774—
That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Carer’s Assistance (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments, Revocation, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.
The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Professor Calvin Jones, Economist
Professor Colin Reid, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Law, University of Dundee
Paper 3 - Note from the Clerk posted 06/10/2025 (Ref: SJSS/S6/25/26/3, 127KB, pdf)
Paper 4 - SPICe issues paper posted 06/10/2025 (Ref: SJSS/S6/25/26/4, 187KB, pdf)
Paper 5 - SPICe Summary of written evidence posted 06/10/2025 (Ref: SJSS/S6/25/26/5, 280KB, pdf)
The Committee will consider the evidence heard under item 4.
The Committee will consider its work programme.
SJSS/S6/25/26/6(P) (Private Paper)