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Social Justice and Social Security Committee


Agenda: 27 November 2025

Thursday, 27 November 2025

31st Meeting, 2025

Start time: 09:00am
Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Agenda items:

  1. Decisions on taking business in private
  2. Adult Disability Payments
  3. Subordinate legislation
  4. Adult Disability Payments
  5. Work programme
  6. Correspondence

Agenda published: Monday, 24 November 2025 01:40pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decisions on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 4, 5 and 6 in private. It will also decide whether its consideration of the approach to the two-child limit policy and the approach to the draft Stage 1 report on the Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill should be taken in private at future meetings.


2. Adult Disability Payments

The Committee will take evidence from—

  • Edel Harris OBE
    Former Chair
    Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment
  • and then from:

  • Stephen Boyle
    Auditor General for Scotland
  • Erin McGinley
    Senior Auditor, Performance Audit & Best Value
    Audit Scotland

Papers for this item:


3. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—

The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/341)

Papers for this item:


4. Adult Disability Payments

The Committee will consider the evidence heard under item 2.


5. Work programme

The Committee will consider its work programme.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


6. Correspondence

The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Scottish Government regarding the Job Start Payment, as well as draft letters to the Scottish Government and the National Association of Funeral Directors regarding the Funeral Expenses Payment.

 

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


Official Report

The Official Report of this meeting has not been published yet.

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