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Chamber and committees

Social Justice and Social Security Committee [Session 6]


Meeting Agenda

18th Meeting, 2025

  • Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025
  • Session: 6
  • Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
  • Start time: 09:00am
  • Published: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 03:28pm

1 Decisions on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.


2 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

The Committee will take evidence on Legislative Consent Memorandum LCM-(S6)-55 from—


Witnesses

Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Scottish Government

Gemma MacAllister, Lawyer, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government

Simon Coote, Head of Cross Cutting Policy Unit, Scottish Government



3 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—

Council Tax Reduction (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2025



4 Local authority housing emergencies

The Committee will take evidence from—


Witnesses

Maeve McGoldrick, Head of Policy and Communications in Scotland, Crisis

Susie Fitton, Policy Manager, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA)

Fionna Kell, Director of Policy, Homes for Scotland

John Blackwood, Chief Executive , Scottish Association of Landlords

Mike Callaghan, Policy Manager, COSLA

Tony Cain , Policy Manager, Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO)



5 Local authority housing emergencies

The Committee will consider the evidence heard under item 4.


6 Work programme

The Committee will consider its work programme.



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