Chamber and committees

Finance and Public Administration Committee

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Meeting Agenda

21st Meeting, 2023

• Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023
• Session: 6
• Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
• Start time: 09:30am
• Published: Friday, September 1, 2023 03:51pm

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1 Declaration of interests

Jamie Halcro Johnston and Gordon MacDonald will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

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2 Scottish Fiscal Commission's Forecast Evaluation Report and Paper on Productivity and Fiscal Sustainability, both published on 29 August 2023

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

Professor Graeme Roy, Chair, Scottish Fiscal Commission

Professor Francis Breedon, Commissioner, Scottish Fiscal Commission

Claire Murdoch, Head of Fiscal Sustainability and Public Funding, Scottish Fiscal Commission

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Paper 1 - SFC reports - Note by the Clerk posted 01/09/2023 (Ref: FPA/S6/23/21/1, 293KB, pdf)

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3 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Green Freeports Relief) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/draft) from—

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Witnesses

David Melhuish, Director, Scottish Property Federation

Derek Thomson, Scottish Secretary, Unite the Union

Liz Cairns, Researcher, Unite the Union

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Paper 2 - Green Freeports SSI - Note by the Clerk posted 01/09/2023 (Ref: FPA/S6/23/21/2, 134KB, pdf)

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4 Work programme (Private)

The Committee will consider its work programme.

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FPA/S6/23/21/3(P) (Private Paper)

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