Social Security Committee

Meeting date: Thursday, April 30, 2020

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Decision on Taking Business in Private

I welcome everyone to the ninth meeting in 2020 of the Social Security Committee. We have received no apologies, so we have a full house of MSPs.

Before we deal with the first agenda item, I thank all the MSPs, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People and her officials, the clerking team, the Scottish Parliament’s broadcasting and information technology staff and the wider support team that has enabled this first Social Security Committee remote meeting since the social distancing requirements under lockdown to take place.

Agenda item 1 is consideration of whether to take in private item 3, which will be on the evidence that we will hear shortly, and item 4, which will be consideration of an approach paper for members on the Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Bill, which will be before the committee soon.

I will take silence from members to indicate their agreement that we will take those two items in private. Does any member disagree with our taking items 3 and 4 in private?

No member has indicated that they object, so the committee agrees to take items 3 and 4 in private.