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Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Thursday 07 November 2024 9:00 AM

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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 (in private): 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, Posy Musgrave, Team Leader – Early Years and Funeral Support, and 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.

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