Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee

1. Declaration of interests: Julie MacDougall and Fulton MacGregor will be invited to declare any relevant interests. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6, and all future considerations of draft reports and correspondence to the Scottish Government, in private. 3. Child poverty stakeholder roundtable – evidence: The Committee will take evidence from— Chris Birt, Associate Director for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Commissioner, Poverty and Inequality Commission. Peter Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, The Poverty Alliance. Fiona King, Head of Policy, Research and Influencing, Save the Children. Justina Murray, Chief Executive, Aberlour Children's Charity. Satwat Rehman, Chief Executive Officer, One Parent Families Scotland. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument, the Council Tax Reduction (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2026. 5. Child poverty stakeholder roundtable – consideration: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2. 6. Pre-budget scrutiny – letter: The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Housing regarding its scrutiny preceding the Scottish Government’s Budget 2027-28.