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Chamber and committees

Economy and Fair Work Committee


Minutes: 28 May 2025

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

17th Meeting, 2025

Start time:09:30am
End time: 11:37am
Location: T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room
Published: Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Minutes


1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.


2. Regional Inequalities and Productivity:

The Committee took evidence from—

David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies;

Simon Pittaway, Senior Economist, The Resolution Foundation;

Professor Bridgette Wessels, Professor in the Sociology of Inequalities, The Productivity Institute.


3. Regional Inequalities and Productivity (In Private):

The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.


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