Social Security Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private.

2. Pre budget scrutiny: The Committee will consider the role of the Scottish Fiscal Commission and its forecasts and take evidence from—
Dame Susan Rice, Chair, Professor Alasdair Smith, Commissioner, Claire Murdoch, Head of Devolved Taxes and Social Security, and Claire Mellor, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Scottish Fiscal Commission.

3. Pre budget scrutiny: The Committee will consider the evidence heard.


Proposed future business

At its next meeting, on 10 October the Committee will hold a Pre-budget evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People and discuss the Scottish Government’s report on uprating measures. For further information, contact Anne Peat, Clerk to the Committee, at SocialSecurityCommittee@parliament.scot.