Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Agenda
3rd Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Start time: 10:00am
- Published: Thursday, January 26, 2023 03:27pm
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Council Tax Reduction Review Panel) Regulations 2023 [draft] from—
Witnesses
Elena Whitham, Minister for Community Safety, Scottish Government
Martin Brown, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government
Lisa Davidson, Civil Justice Senior Policy Officer, Scottish Government
Paper 1 - Affirmative SSI - Note by the Clerk 114KB pdf posted 26/01/2023 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/23/3/1)
3 Subordinate legislation
Elena Whitham (Minister for Community Safety) to move—
S6M-07224—That the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Council Tax Reduction Review Panel) Regulations 2023 [draft] be approved.
4 Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Local Taxation Chamber (Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2022;
Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Local Taxation Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2022.
Paper 2 - Negative SSIs - Note by the Clerk 150KB pdf posted 26/01/2023 (Ref: EHRCJ/S6/23/3/2)
5 Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government's Budget 2023-24 from—
Witnesses
Christina McKelvie, Minister for Equalities and Older People, Scottish Government
Rob Priestley, Head of Mainstreaming and Strategy Unit, Directorate for Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights
Ben Walsh, Head of Budget Improvement, Scottish Exchequer
EHRCJ/S6/23/3/3(P) (Private Paper)
6 Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard under agenda item 5.