Committee meetingsThere were 26 meetings in the parliamentary year.NumberTotal meetings of the Committee26Meetings held wholly in private5Meetings held partly in private18Joint meetings with other Committees0Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference25Hybrid meetings (from 12 August 2020)1Committee membersMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Tom ArthurSNP25(26)Jeremy BalfourCon26(26)Keith BrownSNP26(26)Bob DorisSNP25(26)Mark GriffinLab22(26)Rachael Hamilton (from 20 August 2020)Con21(22)Alison JohnstoneGreen19(26)Pauline McNeillLab24(26)Shona RobisonSNP21(26)Graham Simpson (until 20 August 2020)Con4(4)Substitute membersSubstitute MembersPartyNumber of meetings attendedJames DornanSNP2Ross GreerGreen0Monica LennonLab1Brian WhittleCon0Ad-hoc substitute membersThe following MSPs attended meetings of the committee as substitute members on an ad hoc basisSubstitute MembersPartyNumber of meetings attendedJohn FinnieGreen1Reporters: None
Committee Clerk: Anne Peat
Advisers: Dr Simon Roberts, EU Social Security Co-ordination part 2 and 3
Visits: None
Events: The committee held 7 online events for the Covid Inquiry hosted by: Fife Voluntary Action; Clacks Food Network; The Tenant Participation Service; Clacks TSI; Covid Inquiry, Zoom, hosted by Connecting Craigmillar; Joined up for Jobs; Community Renewal
WitnessesThe following witnesses were called to give oral evidenceCategoryNumberScottish Government Ministers4Scottish Government officials16Members of the Scottish Parliament0Representatives of public bodies13Representatives of local authorities4UK Ministers0UK Government officials0Members of the UK Parliament0Representatives from other legislatures0Representatives of trade unions0Representatives of professional associations0Representatives of voluntary sector19Representatives of higher education0Other categories of witnesses0Business transactedBusinessNoDetailsInquiries62020/21 Budget Scrutiny;Brexit and Social Security;Citizens Basic Income;Scottish Government social security programme...