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Minutes: 23 May 2024
Thursday, 23 May 2024
16th Meeting, 2024
Minutes
1. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private.
2. Scottish Child Payment:
The Committee took evidence from—
Professor Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford;
Tom Wernham, Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies;
Dr Juliet Stone, Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University;
Professor Ruth Patrick, Professor in Social Policy and Professor Emma Tominey, Professor in Economics, University of York.
3. Scottish Child Payment (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard under item 2.
4. Work programme (In Private):
The Committee considered its work programme. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government about its declared housing emergency. The Committee also agreed to write to the UK Government on the impact of its streamlined asylum processing. In addition, the Committee agreed to write to Mears about their processes once an asylum seekers' claim is fully determined.
5. Annual report (In Private):
The Committee considered a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2023 to 12 May 2024. Various changes were agreed to, and the report was agreed for publication.
6. Subordinate legislation (In Private):
The Committee considered a draft report on the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024. The report was agreed for publication.