Social Security Committee

1. Introduction: The Convener will welcome members of the Scottish Affairs Committee, UK Parliament, to participate in the meeting: Pete Wishart MP, Chair, Deidre Brock MP, Margaret Ferrier MP, Chris Law MP, Stephen Hepburn MP, Ian Murray MP, and Anna Soubry MP, Scottish Affairs Committee, UK Parliament. 2. Inter-governmental co-operation on social security: The Committee will take evidence from— John Dickie, Director, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland (CPAG); Bill Scott, Policy Director, Inclusion Scotland; Professor Nicola McEwen, Professor of Territorial Politics and Associate Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh. 3. Inter-governmental co-operation on social security: The Committee will take evidence from— Stephen Kerr, Social Security Director, and Lisa Baron-Broadhurst, Programme Director, Social Security Directorate, Scottish Government; Mary Pattison, Director, Ageing Society & State Pensions Directorate, Senior Responsible Officer for the DWP Scottish Devolution Programme, and Pete Searle, Director, Working Age Benefit and Devolution Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions.