Question reference: S6W-11044
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 21 September 2022 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 29 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10550 by Ivan McKee on 7 September 2022, whether it has raised with the UK Government the reported concerns held by trade unions in Scotland regarding the impact of a new subsidy control regime on workers delivering public transport contracts held by the Scottish Government.
Answer
The new Subsidy Control Act, 2022, has not yet commenced. It is expected to come into force in the next few months. Scottish Government has not raised specific sector-based, or employer-based issues with the UK Government, other than relating to Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Aquaculture which, in a departure from provisions within the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, are included in the Act. Engagement between the Scottish Government and UK Government, is regular at official level, has focused on the Scottish Ministers’ concerns with the provisions and the development and implementation arrangements for the new Act, including the statutory guidance.
Scottish Government has been represented by a wide range of officials throughout, including those from the Subsidy Control team.