Equalities and Human Rights Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee willdecide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from— Natalia Jane Farmer, Senior Researcher, ASH - Asylum Seeker Housing Project; Fiona MacLeod, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, British Red Cross (Scotland); Eloise Nutbrown, CoSLA Strategic Migration Partnership, COSLA; Jennifer Ang, Director of JustRight Scotland, and member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Group in Scotland; Robina Qureshi, Director, and Edward Isaacs, Board Member, Positive Action in Housing; Graham O'Neill, Policy Officer, Scottish Refugee Council; Jo Ozga, Policy Officer, Scottish Women’s Aid; Dr Katie Hawkins, General Practitioner. 3. Destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland: The Committee will consider the evidence received.