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1. Declaration of interests:

Gordon MacDonald MSP was invited to declare any relevant interests and declared that his wife is a member of West Lothian Council.

2. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 7 in private.

3. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017:

The Committee took evidence from—

Evan Beswick, Chief Officer, Argyll & Bute Health and Social Care Partnership;

Sally Buchanan, Library Services and Fairer Falkirk Manager, Falkirk Council;

Martin Booth, Executive Director of Finance, Glasgow City Council;

Peter Kelly, Chief Executive, The Poverty Alliance.

4. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee took evidence on the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 [draft] from—

Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Beth Stanners, Senior Policy Officer: Carer Benefits and Case Transfer Policy Unit, David Hilber, Team Leader, Case Transfer Policy and Thomas Nicol, Lawyer, Scottish Government.

Jeremy Balfour declared an interest as a recipient of Personal Independence Payment.

5. Subordinate legislation:

Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice) moved—

S6M-15260—That the Social Justice and Social Security Committee recommends that the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.

The motion was agreed to. The Committee agreed to delegate to the Convener finalisation of a report on the instrument.

6. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee considered the following negative instruments—

The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instruments.

7. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017 (in private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard under item 3.