Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting Minutes
9th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:30
- Meeting closed at: 12:30
- Published: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 04:05pm
1 Work programme (In Private):
The Committee considered and agreed its work programme.
2 Declaration of interests:
Gillian Mackay had no relevant interests to declare.
3 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft] from—
Tom Arthur, Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance, Scott Mackay, Head of Finance Co-ordination and Craig Maidment, Senior Finance Manager, Scottish Government.
4 Subordinate legislation:
Tom Arthur (Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance) moved—
S6M-12053—That the Finance and Public Administration Committee recommends that the Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
5 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/60) from—
Tom Arthur, Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance and Robert Souter, Senior Tax Policy Adviser, Scottish Government.
6 Subordinate legislation:
Tom Arthur (Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance) moved—
S6M-12277—That the Finance and Public Administration Committee recommends that the Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/60) be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
7 Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Jonathan Sharma, Policy Manager - Local Government Finance, COSLA;
Alan Doak, Director, Mineral Products Association (Scotland);
Dougie Neill, Group General Manager, NWH Group, Scottish Environmental Services Association.