The committee will meet at 8:30am at T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.
1. Subordinate legislation (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report on the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: The Committee will consider a draft report on its Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Third sector funding principles.
3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private.
4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Scotland Act 1998 (Agency Arrangements) (Specification) Order 2024
5. Subordinate legislation: 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
6. Subordinate legislation: 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.
7. Correspondence: 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.
For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Claire Menzies on 85219 or at [email protected]