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Meeting Minutes
5th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:00
- Meeting closed at: 09:31
- Published: Thursday, February 22, 2024 01:22pm
1 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] and the Social Security Up-rating (Scotland) Order 2024 [draft] from—
Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Kyle Murray, Policy Advisor, Dominic Mellan, Economic Advisor and Katie Joshi, Scottish Government Legal Department, Scottish Government.
2 Subordinate legislation:
Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice) moved—
S6M-12001—That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Social Security (Up-rating) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.
After debate, the motion was agreed to.
3 Subordinate legislation:
Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice) moved—
S6M-12002—That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Social Security Up-rating (Scotland) Order 2024 [draft] be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
4 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered the following negative instrument—
The Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/35)
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument.