Chamber and committees

Economy and Fair Work Committee

---

Meeting Agenda

6th Meeting, 2025

• Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
• Session: 6
• Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
• Start time: 09:30am
• Published: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 03:51pm

---

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4, and future consideration of evidence heard in relation to its New Deal for Business scrutiny, in private.

---

2 New Deal for Business

The Committee will take evidence from—

---

Witnesses

Colin Borland, Director of Devolved Nations, Federation of Small Businesses Scotland

Rose Marley, Chief Executive, Co-operatives UK

Sara Thiam, Chief Executive, Prosper

Duncan Thorp, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Social Enterprise Scotland

---

Paper 1 Paper by the Clerk posted 14/02/2025 (Ref: EFW/S6/25/6/1, 95KB, pdf)

EFW/S6/25/6/2(P) (Private Paper)

---

3 New Deal for Business

The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

---

4 Employment Rights Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

The Committee will consider its approach to scrutiny of the legislative consent memorandum lodged by Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government (LCM-S6-53).

---

EFW/S6/25/6/3(P) (Private Paper)

---