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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 14 July 2025
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Economy and Fair Work Committee

Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 October 2023

Claire Baker

Sorry, Mr Stewart, is it possible to make some progress? We are a bit pressed for time—

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 25 October 2023

Claire Baker

The bill makes some limited and fairly technical changes to diligence but we have heard calls to reform diligence against earnings. There have been suggestions that the amount that is protected should go up to £1,000 and that there should be a system of deductions that takes account of family size—I think that the Scottish Parliament report “Robbing Peter to pay Paul: Low income and the debt trap” recommended that second proposal. It has also been suggested that some flexibility for creditors could be introduced to the system so that they could reduce the amount seized from earnings if it helped to support the debtor with their liabilities.

Alan, you have done some work on that. Will you talk to the committee about it?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private

Meeting date: 25 October 2023

Claire Baker

Good morning, and welcome to the 26th meeting in 2023 of the Economy and Fair Work Committee. Our first item of business is to decide whether to take agenda item 5 in private. Are members content to do so?

Members indicated agreement.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2024-2025

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Claire Baker

Of the five targets from last year, you exceeded the capital investment target. The target was £380 million but £620 million was realised. How did that come about? How was it achieved?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2024-2025

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Claire Baker

I have another question before I let other members come in. I was going to ask if you will have to do more with less, but you have said that you will have less and that you are trying to change how you do things. What timescales are you working towards? There are real-terms reductions and inflationary pressures across the whole sector, so is the budget that you have been allocated sufficient to make the cultural and structural changes that you are looking to make?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2024-2025

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Claire Baker

Colin Smyth and Brian Whittle have supplementary questions.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2024-2025

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Claire Baker

Stuart Black, do you have anything to add?

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2024-2025

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Claire Baker

Before I bring in Ash Regan for questions, I will give our witnesses from Highlands and Islands Enterprise an opportunity to comment on the budget reduction. The proposal is for a reduction of 4.8 per cent, which you will have to manage as an organisation. How are you going to do that?

09:45  

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2024-2025

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Claire Baker

The committee would be happy to receive that in writing.

Economy and Fair Work Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private

Meeting date: 4 October 2023

Claire Baker

Good morning, and welcome to the 25th meeting in 2023 of the Economy and Fair Work Committee. Our first item of business is a decision on taking items 3 and 5 in private. Do we agree to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.