Social Security Committee

1. Declaration of interests: Alasdair Allan, Bob Doris and Shona Robison will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Choice of Convener: The Committee will choose a Convener. 3. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private. 4. Social Security and in-work poverty: The Committee will take evidence from- David Finch, Senior Research Fellow, Resolution Foundation; Russell Gunson, Director, Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland; Robert Joyce, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies; and then from— Deborah Hay, Scotland Policy Officer, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Polly Jones, Project Manager, A Menu for Change Project, Oxfam Scotland. 5. Social security and in-work poverty: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting and the written submissions received.