Meeting Agenda
The Committee will consider a draft report on the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.
SJSS/S6/24/29/1(P) (Private Paper)
The Committee will consider a draft report on its Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Third sector funding principles.
SJSS/S6/24/29/2(P) (Private Paper)
The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private.
The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2024
Note by the Clerk - Paper 3 posted 04/11/2024 (Ref: SJSS/S6/24/29/3, 152KB, pdf)
The Committee will take evidence on the Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft] from—
Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Scottish Government
Posy Musgrave, Team Leader – Early Years and Funeral Support, Scottish Government
Barbara Hughes, Lawyer, Scottish Government
Note by the Clerk - Paper 4 posted 04/11/2024 (Ref: SJSS/S6/24/29/4, 95KB, pdf)
SPICe issues - Paper 5 posted 04/11/2024 (Ref: SJSS/S6/24/29/5, 162KB, pdf)
Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice) to move—S6M-14591—That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.
The Committee will consider draft letters to the Scottish Government and COSLA regarding the implementation of the Scottish Welfare Fund action plan. The Committee will also consider a draft letter to the Scottish Government regarding an update to the inquiry into Addressing child poverty through parental employment.
SJSS/S6/24/29/6(P) (Private Paper)
SJSS/S6/24/29/7(P) (Private Paper)