Economy and Fair Work Committee
Meeting Agenda
29th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Start time: 09:40am
- Published: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 03:11pm
1 Declaration of interests
Jackie Dunbar will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 7 and 8 in private.
3 Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM(S6-36) and on the supplementary legislative consent memorandum LCM(S6-36a) from—
Witnesses
Richard Lochhead, Minister for Small Business, Innovation, Tourism and Trade, Scottish Government
Helen Findlay, Head of Information Assurance & Data Protection, Scottish Government
Eilidh McLaughlin, Head of Digital Citizen Unit, Scottish Government
Paper 1 Paper by the Clerk 457KB pdf posted 21/11/2023 (Ref: EFW/S6/23/29/1)
EFW/S6/23/29/2(P) (Private Paper)
4 Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will take evidence on legislative consent memorandum LCM(S6-38) from—
Witnesses
Tom Arthur, Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance, Scottish Government
Russell Bain, Deputy Director, International Futures and Brand Scotland policy, Scottish Government
Alasdair Hamilton, Procurement Policy Portfolio Manager, Scottish Government
Robert McConnell, Lawyer, Scottish Government
Paper 3 Paper by the Clerk 314KB pdf posted 17/11/2023 (Ref: EFW/S6/23/29/3)
EFW/S6/23/29/4(P) (Private Paper)
5 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
Paper 5 Paper by the Clerk 142KB pdf posted 17/11/2023 (Ref: EFW/S6/23/29/5)
Paper 6 Paper by the Clerk 172KB pdf posted 17/11/2023 (Ref: EFW/S6/23/29/6)
6 Just Transition for the North East and Moray
The Committee will take evidence from—
Witnesses
Duncan Cameron, Managing Director, First Bus Scotland
Mike Duncan, North East Scotland Development Manager, Federation of Small Businesses Scotland
Jordan Jack, General Secretary, Campaign for North East Rail
Mark Munro, Chief Investment Officer, Scottish National Investment Bank
Fergus Mutch, Policy Advisor, Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce
Ronan O'Hara, Chief Executive, Crown Estate Scotland
Paper 7 Paper by the Clerk 110KB pdf posted 20/11/2023 (Ref: EFW/S6/23/29/7)
EFW/S6/23/29/8(P) (Private Paper)
7 Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier under agenda item 3.
8 Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier under agenda item 4.
9 Just Transition for the North East and Moray (Private)
The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier under agenda item 6.