Social Justice and Social Security Committee

1. Declaration of interests: Alexander Stewart, Michael Marra and Carol Mochan will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from— Tom Wernham, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies Mairi Spowage, Director, Fraser of Allander Institute David Bell, Professor of Economics, University of Stirling 4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the evidence heard under item 3.