Social Justice and Social Security Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private. 2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 from— Bill Scott, Director of Policy, Inclusion Scotland; Graham O'Neill, Policy Manager, Scottish Refugee Council; Gordon MacRae, Assistant Director (Communications & Advocacy), Shelter Scotland. 3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: The Committees will consider the evidence heard earlier under agenda item 2. 4. Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. 5. Correspondence: The Committee will consider a letter from the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee on Standing Order rule changes relating to the refusal of legislative consent and a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice on appointments to the Poverty and Inequality Commission.