Annexe A - Extracts from minutes of Committee meetings Annexe A - Extracts from minutes of Committee meetings1st meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 12 January, 2022Work programme (in private): The Committee considered an approach paper for its next inquiry and agreed to continue consideration to its next meeting.2nd meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 19 January 2022Work Programme (in private): The Committee considered arrangements for its next inquiry and agreed to not seek the appointment of an adviser.3rd meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 26 January 2022Work programme (in private): The Committee considered arrangements for its next inquiry and agreed on the call for written views.4th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 2 February 2022Work programme (in private): The Committee considered arrangements for its next inquiry.5th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday 9 February 2022Work programme (in private): The Committee considered arrangements for its inquiry, it agreed to visit Dumfries, to hold an online roundtable event and to consider arrangements and further options at a future meeting.9th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 30 March 2022Town Centres and Retail: The Committee took evidence from—Professor Leigh Sparks, Deputy Principal and Professor of Retail Studies, University of Stirling.Town Centres and Retail (in private): The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.10th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 20 April 2022Town centres and retail: The Committee took evidence from—Jennifer Hunter, Executive Leader, Culture Counts;Roddy MacDonald, Director, Industrial Communities Alliance Scotland;Phil Prentice, Chief Officer, Scotland's Towns Partnership;David Grove, Lead Officer, Town Centre Development Unit, Fife Council;and then from—Danny Cepok, Development Manager, Love Oor Lang Toun;Anthea Coulter, Chief Officer and Business Manager, Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface;Gemma Cruickshank, Manager, Embrace Elgin; andMark Darragh, Vice-Chair, ONE Linlithgow.Town centres and retail (in private): The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.11th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 27 April 2022Town centres and retail: The Committee took evidence from—Paul Gerrard, Campaigns and Public Affairs Director, The Co-op;David Lonsdale , Director, Scottish Retail Consortium;Martin Newman, Member, KPMG/Ipsos Retail Think Tank;Maxine Smedley, Head of Stores, Boots;and then from—Ruth Boyle, Policy and Parliamentary Manager, Close the Gap;Joanne Cairns, Head of Research, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers; andBryan Simpson, Industrial Organiser, Unite Hospitality.Evidence Session (in private): The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.12th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 4 May 2022Town centres and retail: The Committee took evidence from—Gillian Crawford, Managing Director, Lily Blanche;Carolyn Currie, Chief Executive, Women’s Enterprise Scotland;Stuart Mackinnon, Head of Communication and Public, Federation of Small Businesses;Dr Peter Mowforth, Chief Executive, Indez;and then from—Hugh Lightbody, Chief Officer, Business Gateway;Neil Francis, Managing Director; andSiobhan McDermit, Team Leader, Digital Trade Services, Scottish Development International.Town centres and retail (in private): The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting and agreed to invite further witnesses to give evidence.13th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 11 May 2022Town centres and retail: The Committee took evidence from—Craig McLaren, Director, Royal Town Planning Institute in Scotland;Euan Leitch, Chief Executive, Scotland's Regeneration Forum;Stephen Lewis, Vice-Chair, Scottish Property Federation; andAdrian Watson, Chair, Association of Town and City Management.Evidence Session (in private): The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in meeting.14th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 18 May 2022Town centres and retail: The Committee took evidence from—Martin Avila, Interim Chief Executive, Community Enterprise in Scotland;Dr Allison Orr, Senior Lecturer in Real Estate, University of Glasgow;Pauline Smith, Chief Executive, Development Trusts Association Scotland;and then from—Ian Buchanan, Equality and Access Manager, Disability Equality Scotland;Nicoletta Primo, Research and Policy Officer, Sight Scotland; andAdam Stachura, Head of Policy and Communications, Age Scotland.Maggie Chapman informed the Committee that she used to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Council for Visual Impairment.Evidence Session (in private): The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.15th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday, 25 May 2022Town centres and retail: The Committee took evidence from—Douglas Cowan, Director of Communities and Place, Highlands and Islands Enterprise;Bryan McGrath, Director of Enterprise and Place, South of Scotland Enterprise;Derek Shaw, Director of Innovation and Place, Scottish Enterprise;and then from—Craig Iles, Service Lead in Planning and Building Standards, South Ayrshire Council;Bill Lindsay, Service Manager Policy and Place in Planning Services, Fife Council; andSteve Rogers, Head of Economy and Development , Dumfries and Galloway Council.Town centres and retail (in private): The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.16th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday 15 June 2022Town centres and retail: The Committee took evidence from—Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth;David Cowan, Head of Regeneration Unit; andCatherine Brown, Head of Retail and Cities Unit, Scottish Government.Town centres and retail (in private): The Committee considered the main themes arising from evidence received during the inquiry, to inform the drafting of its report and agreed to write to the Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth for more detail about its engagement with the UK Government about an online sales tax.18th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday 29 June 2022Town centres and retail (in private): The Committee considered the main themes arising from the evidence received during the inquiry, to inform the drafting of its report and agreed that a draft report will be brought to the Committee at a future meeting.23rd meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday 26 October 2022Town centres and retail (in private): The Committee considered a draft report and agreed to consider a revised draft at a future meeting.26th meeting, 2022 (Session 6) Wednesday 16 November 2022Town centres and retail (in private): The Committee considered a revised draft report.