Economy and Fair Work Committee
31st Meeting, 2024
The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5, and all future consideration of evidence heard in relation to its City Region and Regional Growth Deals inquiry, in private.
The Committee took evidence on the Diligence against Earnings (Variation) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 from—
Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance, supported by Richard Dennis,The Accountant in Bankruptcy and Agency Chief Executive and James Mesis, Local Taxation Policy Team Leader, Scottish Government .
The Committee took evidence from—
Cornilius Chikwama, Audit Director and Catherine Young, Senior Manager, Audit Scotland;
Neil McInroy, Chair, Economic Development Association Scotland;
Paul Mitchell, Operations Director, Scottish Building Federation.
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier under agenda item 2 and agreed to note the instrument.
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier under item 3 and agreed to write to the Scottish Government and COSLA for updates since publication of the joint report by Audit Scotland and the Accounts Commission “Scotland’s City Region and Growth Deals Progress of the 2020 audit report recommendations”.