Economy and Fair Work Committee
Meeting Minutes
28th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:37
- Meeting closed at: 11:43
- Published: Thursday, December 1, 2022 12:10pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Claire Baker (Convener)
- Colin Beattie (Deputy Convener)
- Maggie Chapman (Member)
- Jamie Halcro Johnston (Member)
- Fiona Hyslop (Member)
- Gordon MacDonald (Member)
- Graham Simpson (Member)
- Colin Smyth (Member)
- Michelle Thomson (Member)
1 Work programme(In Private):
The Committee considered its work programme, agreed that the focus of its next inquiry will be incentivising and de-risking the transition to net zero for business and to consider an approach paper at a future meeting.
The Committee also agreed that scrutiny of the disability employment gap, city region and regional growth deals, Scottish Government business support and ownership stakes in private companies, innovation and Scotland’s economic performance would be priority topics for next year’s work programme. Next year’s scrutiny work will also include Registers of Scotland, The Scottish National Investment Bank, the economic development agencies and Consumer Scotland.