Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee
Meeting Minutes
3rd Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
- Meeting opened at: 10:02
- Meeting closed at: 11:54
- Published: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 01:53pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Joe FitzPatrick (Convener)
- Maggie Chapman (Deputy Convener)
- Karen Adam (Member)
- Pam Duncan-Glancy (Member)
- Pam Gosal (Member)
- Rachael Hamilton (Member)
- Fulton MacGregor (Member)
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 6 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Council Tax Reduction Review Panel) Regulations 2023 [draft] from—
Elena Whitham, Minister for Community Safety, Martin Brown, Solicitor, Legal Directorate and Lisa Davidson, Civil Justice Senior Policy Officer, Scottish Government .
3 Subordinate legislation:
Elena Whitham (Minister for Community Safety) moved —
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.
The motion was agreed to without division.
4 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered 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.
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instruments.
5 Budget Scrutiny 2023-24:
The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Government's Budget 2023-24 from—
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.
6 Budget Scrutiny 2023-24 (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard under agenda item 5.