Chamber and committees

Yes, if they are in the same area.

Thank you very much for your opening statements. We have a smaller panel than we have been used to of late, so there should be time for us to ask both witnesses each of our questions. I guess that there might also be a bit of time for supplementary questions. If members can indicate that they want to ask a supplementary on the same topic before we move on, that would be helpful. Members might also want to indicate who they want to hear from first.

If either of the witnesses feels that they have not been brought in on something that they are keen to contribute to, please type R in the chat, but I have a feeling that we will want to hear from both of you on each of the topics.

We now move to questions, and I will start with Maggie Chapman.

That was a very timely question, Pam.

Yes, that is fine.

As there are no further questions from members, I thank Jenny Miller and Pauline Nolan for their time and helpful input. The committee will want to consider further a number of the areas that you have mentioned, to try to get movement on them. It was good that we were able to have a more in-depth discussion around the topics, rather than feeling that we were chasing our tails.

That brings the public part of our meeting to a close. The next meeting will be on Tuesday 15 March.

Good morning, and welcome to the seventh meeting in 2022 of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee.

The first agenda item is a decision on whether to take in private item 3, which is consideration of today’s evidence. Do members agree to take item 3 in private?

Members indicated agreement.

Apologies.

The next agenda item is to continue taking evidence on women’s unfair responsibility for unpaid care and domestic work. The evidence session will have an intersectional focus on disability. We have two witnesses, who join us remotely. I welcome Dr Pauline Nolan, head of leadership and civic partnership with Inclusion Scotland; and Jenny Miller, chief executive of PAMIS, Promoting a More Inclusive Society.

I refer members to papers 1 and 2. I invite both of our witnesses to make brief opening statements, starting with Dr Pauline Nolan.

That brings us to another area that Pam Duncan-Glancy is looking to go into.

Mariam Ahmed is nodding.