Minutes: 11 September 2025

1. Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill (In Private):

The Committee considered its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1. The Committee agreed its timetable for Stage 1 evidence on the Bill and the witnesses to be invited to provide oral evidence..

2. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 4 in private.

3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny:

The Committee took evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—

Chris Birt, Associate Director for Scotland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation;

Professor Stephen Sinclair, Chair, Poverty and Inequality Commission;

Emma Jackson, Head of Social Justice, Citizens Advice Scotland;

Edel Harris OBE, Chair, Independent Review of Adult Disability Payment.

Jeremy Balfour declared an interest as a recipient of Adult Disability Payment.

4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard under item 3.