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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 12 January 2025
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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

Neil McInroy, you wanted to come in.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

Does Stacey Dingwall want to pick up that question first? We will then see who else wants to come in.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

You have clearly decided that it is important to get on with community wealth building and to have dedicated officers for that. What would you say to other local authorities, which might be wavering? I have heard that some councils had a full-time community wealth building officer but that that is now a part-time role. It seems to me that you have decided to go out and invest in that. What has encouraged you to do that?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

You spoke earlier about the considerable spend that health boards have. How can they redeploy that to support the local economy, rather than leaking out? That would be an example of spending a resource in a different way.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

I read in the committee’s papers that Preston City Council worked with other councils to set up the North West Mutual bank, which is a new regional co-operative bank. It would be great to hear you pull that into your response. Do we have to rely solely on the Scottish National Investment Bank? Could there be smaller and more regional banks?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

Gordon MacDonald wants to come in briefly on that.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

There is a need for some coherence in the thinking there. Neil McInroy wants to come in.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

There is a clear message there.

In his submission, Iain Gulland provided a really interesting perspective on valuing our buildings, so I would like to hear about that, but I will bring in Angus Hardie first.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

It is tremendous that you mentioned waste and its value. There needs to be a shift in consciousness, because we do not really value it. I love the expression “There is no such thing as away.” We really need to shift our sense of what we value.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Ariane Burgess

Thank you for that. We definitely need to get communities and local people leading on these things.

Neil McInroy wants to come in, then I will bring in Angus Hardie.