Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private. 2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence from— Professor Angela O'Hagan, Chair, Scottish Human Rights Commission Emma Congreve, Equality and Human Rights Budget Advisory Group and Deputy Director and Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute Sara Cowan, Director, Scottish Women's Budget Group Allan Faulds, Senior Policy Officer, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) and then from— Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government Kaukab Stewart, Minister for Equalities, Scottish Government Rob Priestley, Head of Mainstreaming Unit, Scottish Government Alasdair Black, Deputy Director, Budget and Fiscal Coordination, Scottish Government 3. Civil Legal Aid Inquiry (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. 4. British Sign Language Inquiry (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report. 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. 6. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.