Social Justice and Social Security Committee

1. Declaration of interests: Gordon MacDonald will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private. 3. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017: The Committee will take evidence from— Evan Beswick, Chief Officer, Argyll & Bute Health and Social Care Partnership; Sally Buchanan, Library Services and Fairer Falkirk Manager, Falkirk Council; Martin Booth, Executive Director of Finance, Glasgow City Council; Peter Kelly, Chief Executive, The Poverty Alliance. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 [draft] from— Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Beth Stanners, Senior Policy Officer: Carer Benefits and Case Transfer Policy Unit, David Hilber, Team Leader, Case Transfer Policy, and Thomas Nicol, Lawyer, Scottish Government. 5. Subordinate legislation: Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice) to move— S6M-15260—That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved. 6. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2024 Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) (Consequential Amendment, Revocation and Saving Provision) Regulations 2024 7. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017: The Committee will consider the evidence heard under item 3.