Economy and Fair Work Committee
Meeting Minutes
16th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:15
- Meeting closed at: 11:56
- Published: Thursday, June 16, 2022 10:59am
1 Town centres and retail:
The Committee took evidence from—
Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, David Cowan, Head of Regeneration Unit and Catherine Brown, Head of Retail and Cities Unit, Scottish Government .
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Registers of Scotland (Information and Access, etc.) Miscellaneous Amendment Order 2022 from—
Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth and Megan Stefaniak, Lawyer, Scottish Government ;
Harry Murray, Policy Lead, Registers of Scotland.
3 Subordinate legislation:
Tom Arthur (Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth) moved—
S6M-04636—That the Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends that the Registers of Scotland (Information and Access, etc.) Miscellaneous Amendment Order 2022 be approved.
The motion was agreed to without division.
4 Town centres and retail(In Private):
The Committee considered the main themes arising from evidence received during the inquiry, to inform the drafting of its report and agreed to write to the Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth for more detail about its engagement with the UK Government about an online sales tax.