Economy and Fair Work Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Regional Inequalities and Productivity: The Committee will take evidence from— David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Simon Pittaway, Senior Economist, The Resolution Foundation; Professor Bridgette Wessels, Professor in the Sociology of Inequalities, The Productivity Institute. 3. Regional Inequalities and Productivity: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.