Social Security Committee

1. Appointments to the Poverty and Inequality Commission (in private): The Committee will receive a briefing from— Shirley Laing, Chair of Poverty and Inequality Commission selection panel and Deputy Director, Social Justice and Regeneration Division, Scottish Government; Ian Bruce, Public Appointments Manager, Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland; Bill Scott, Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commission. Not before 10.00 am 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 3. Draft Social Security Charter: The Committee will take evidence on the draft Social Security Charter from— Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People, Stephen O'Neill, Social Security Policy Team Leader, and Julie Guy, Principal Social Researcher, Scottish Government; Chris Boyland, Strategy, Policy and Corporate Assurance, Social Security Scotland. 4. Draft Social Security Charter: Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People) to move— S5M-15598—That the Social Security Committee recommends that the Scottish Social Security Charter [draft] be approved. 5. Future Work: The Committee will consider a paper by the Clerk to inform its next inquiry.