Minutes: 29 September 2022

Thursday, 29 September 2022

24th Meeting, 2022

Start time: 08:00am

End time: 11:35am

Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room

Published: Thursday, 29 September 2022

Committee Member attendees:

Apologies received from:

Foysol Choudhury (Member)

Minutes

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private.

2. Budget savings and reductions 2022-23:

The Committee took evidence from—

John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery, Michael Walker, Senior Finance Business Partner and Julie Humphreys, Deputy Director, Tackling Child Poverty & Financial Wellbeing, Scottish Government.

3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny:

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

Danny Boyle, Senior Parliamentary and Policy Officer, BEMIS;

Graham O'Neill, Policy Manager, Scottish Refugee Council;

and then from—

Gordon MacRae, Assistant Director, Shelter Scotland;

Frank McKillop, Head of Policy and Research, ENABLE Scotland.

4. Budget savings and reductions 2022-23 (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny (In Private):