Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
Overview
This Bill requires Scottish Ministers to introduce measures to help develop a circular economy. This includes:
- Publishing a circular economy strategy;
- Developing circular economy targets;
- Reducing waste;
- Increasing penalties for littering from vehicles;
- Making sure individual householders and businesses get rid of waste in the right way;
- Improving waste monitoring.
Financial Memorandum
As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).
Read the FM for this Bill: Financial Memorandum.
Your Views
The call for views closed on 21 August 2023.
The Committee received 8 submissions to its call for views. Read the submissions on Citizen Space.
Oral Evidence
The Committee took evidence on the following dates:
Tuesday 7 November 2023
The Committee took evidence from the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Scottish Government.
Read the agenda, papers and Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript) for this meeting.
Tuesday 24 October 2023
The Committee took evidence from Dundee City Council, South Lanarkshire Council and West Lothian Council.
Read the agenda, papers and Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript) for this meeting.
Correspondence
Committee Report
The Committee's report on the Bill's FM was published on 30 November 2023. Read the report at the following link:
Report on the Financial Memorandum for the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill