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Agenda: 30 September 2021

Thursday, 30 September 2021

Start time: 09:00am
Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Agenda items:

  1. Decision on taking business in private
  2. Subordinate Legislation
  3. Carer's Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill Stage 2
  4. Subordinate Legislation
  5. Work Programme

Full agenda and available meeting papers


6th Meeting, 2021

Date: Thursday, September 30, 2021
Session: 6
Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Start time: 09:00am


1 Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private.


2 Subordinate legislation:

The Committee will take evidence on the Social Security (Advocacy Service Standards) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 from—


Witnesses

Ben Macpherson, Minister for Social Security and Local Government, Scottish Government

Dr Ruari Sutherland, Supporting Access to Social Security Team Leader, Social Security Policy Division, Scottish Government

Colin Armstrong, Sponsorship and Delivery Manager, Social Security Policy Division, Scottish Government


Paper 1 Note by the Clerk Advocacy Service Standards SSI

Paper 2 Private Paper


3 Subordinate legislation:

Ben Macpherson (Minister for Social Security and Local Government) to move—

S6M-00996 —That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Social Security (Advocacy Service Standards) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 be approved.


4 Carer’s Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill :

The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2.


Paper 3 Note by the Clerk Bill Documents

5 Subordinate legislation:

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/305)

The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/249)


Paper 4 Note by the Clerk Claims and Payments SSI

Paper 5 Note by the Clerk Council Tax Reduction Regulations SSI


6 Work programme: 

The Committee will consider its work programme.


Paper 6 Private Paper