Minutes: 16 November 2023

Thursday, 16 November 2023

29th Meeting, 2023

Start time: 09:02am

End time: 11:33am

Location: T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room

Published: Thursday, 16 November 2023

Committee Member attendees:

Minutes

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private.

2. Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill:

The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Lucy Kenyon, Non-executive Director and Past-President, iOH, The Association of Occupational Health and Wellbeing Professionals;

Professor Ewan Macdonald, Chair of the Academic Forum for work and health, which the Society of Occupational Medicine hosts.

3. Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill (In Private):

The Committees considered the evidence heard earlier under agenda item 2.

4. Poverty and Inequality Commission Appointment Process (In Private):

The Committee considered and agreed the Scottish Government's draft recruitment documentation. In addition, the Committee agreed to meet informally and in private with the Scottish Government’s recommended nominees for Poverty and Inequality Commission Commissioners as a group, to inform its forthcoming report on the recommended appointments.

5. Child Poverty and Parental Employment Inquiry (In Private):

The Committee considered a draft report. Various changes were agreed to, and the report was agreed for publication.