Welfare Reform Committee - Scottish Parliament: 30th September 2014
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 2014-09-30

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk - Scottish Parliament Welfare Reform Committee. Agenda:

1. Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill- witness expenses: The Committee will be invited to delegate to the Convener responsibility for arranging for the SPCB to pay, under Rule 12.4.3, any expenses of witnesses on the Bill.
2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take Item 5 and future consideration of the evidence it receives on the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill in private at future meetings.
3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of a draft report on the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill should be taken in private at future meetings.
4. Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence, in a round-table discussion, on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Susan Donald, Benefits Manager, Aberdeenshire Council;
Dave Berry, Head of Service (Finance, Contracts and Welfare Rights), Dundee City Council;
Councillor Norman MacDonald, Convener of, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar;
Alastair Macarthur, Finance and Operations Manager, Renfrewshire Council;
Helen McGreevy, Scottish Welfare Fund Co-ordinator, South Lanarkshire Council;
Nicola Reid, Team Leader Benefit Operations and Scottish Welfare Fund, West Lothian Council.
5. Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it has received on the Bill.