Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting Minutes
21st Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:30
- Meeting closed at: 12:05
- Published: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 02:13pm
1 Declaration of interests:
Jamie Halcro Johnston declared interests as a partner in a farming business and owner of shares in Tetragen and Standard Life. Gordon MacDonald declared he had no relevant interests.
2 Scottish Fiscal Commission's Forecast Evaluation Report and Paper on Productivity and Fiscal Sustainability, both published on 29 August 2023:
The Committee took evidence from—
Professor Graeme Roy, Chair, Professor Francis Breedon, Commissioner and Claire Murdoch, Head of Fiscal Sustainability and Public Funding, Scottish Fiscal Commission.
3 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Green Freeports Relief) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/draft) from—
David Melhuish, Director, Scottish Property Federation;
Derek Thomson, Scottish Secretary and Liz Cairns, Researcher, Unite the Union.
4 Work programme(In Private):
The Committee considered and agreed its work programme.