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This winter, payments of our proposed new benefit will be delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions under an agency agreement with Scottish ministers.
My recommendation is that we write to the Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning to highlight the submission of 26 April but seek clarification on the Scottish Government’s definition of ensuring that communities can have “a meaningful say” on planning applications.
Before we begin our consideration of amendments, I politely ask members to make their points succinct and clear when they are speaking to their amendments. Section 26 agreed to. Sections 30 and 31 agreed to.
Before moving into private session, I should add that the committee will meet again next week, when we will take evidence from a panel of witnesses on the issue of post-study work visas and discuss the report on the recent fact-finding visit to Spain. 11:04 Meeting continued in private until 11:26.