Social Justice and Social Security Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private and to consider pre-budget correspondence or its report in private at future meetings. 2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from— Dr Alison Hosie, Research Officer, Scottish Human Rights Commission; Sara Cowan, Coordinator, Scottish Women's Budget Group; and then from— Ed Pybus, Policy and Parliamentary Officer, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland; Morag Treanor, Deputy Chair, Poverty and Inequality Commission; Paul Bradley, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations. 3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.