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Minutes: 31 October 2024

Thursday, 31 October 2024

28th Meeting, 2024

Start time: 09:33am
End time: 10:33am
Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
Published: Thursday, 31 October 2024

Minutes


1. Declaration of interests:

Liz Smith was invited to declare any relevant interests. No such interests were declared.


2. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee took evidence on the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] from—


Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Owen Allen, Team Leader, Winter Benefits & Welfare Fund, Julie McKinney, Head of Social Security Strategy, Welfare Fund and Winter Benefits and Stephanie Virlogeux, Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Department, Scottish Government.


3. Subordinate legislation:

Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice) moved—S6M-14682—That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.

The motion was agreed to (by division: For 3, Against 0, Abstentions 4). The Committee also agreed to consider a draft report, in private, at a later meeting.


4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 (In Private):

The Committee agreed to defer consideration of the draft report on its Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 to its next meeting.


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