1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.

2. Regional Inequalities and Productivity

The Committee will take evidence from—

• David Phillips
  Associate Director
  Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Simon Pittaway
  Senior Economist
  The Resolution Foundation
• Professor Bridgette Wessels
  Professor in the Sociology of Inequalities
  The Productivity Institute

3. Regional Inequalities and Productivity

The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.