All meetings of the committee

All meetings of the Economy and Fair Work Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

32nd Meeting

13 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Petroineos Grangemouth
3. Petroineos Grangemouth
4. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (in private)
5. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
6. Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
7. Work programme (in private)

31st Meeting

06 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Glasgow Prestwick Airport
3. Glasgow Prestwick Airport

30th Meeting

29 November

1. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill
2. Just Transition for the North East and Moray
3. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (in private)
4. Just Transition for the North East and Moray (in private)

29th Meeting

22 November

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Just Transition for the North East and Moray
7. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
8. Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
9. Just Transition for the North East and Moray (in private)

28th Meeting

15 November

1. Declaration of interests
2. Just Transition for the North East and Moray
3. Just Transition for the North East and Moray (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

27th Meeting

06 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition for the North East and Moray
3. Just Transition for the North East and Moray

26th Meeting

25 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill
3. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (in private)
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-2025 (in private)
5. Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

25th Meeting

04 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-2025
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
4. Correspondence (in private)
5. Work programme

24th Meeting

27 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill
3. Report by James Withers on Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape
4. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (in private)
5. Report by James Withers on Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape
6. Correspondence
7. Just Transition for the North East and Moray (in private)
8. Correspondence

23rd Meeting

20 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill
3. Report by the Fraser of Allander Institute on the economic contribution of the Pharmaceuticals Sector in Scotland
4. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (in private)
5. Report by the Fraser of Allander Institute on the economic contribution of the Pharmaceuticals Sector in Scotland
6. Correspondence

22nd Meeting

13 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Just Transition for the North East and Moray
3. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill
4. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (in private)
5. Just Transition for the North East and Moray

21st Meeting

28 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Royal Mail
3. Royal Mail
4. Work programme (in private)

20th Meeting

21 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish National Investment Bank
3. Scottish National Investment Bank
4. Electronic Trade Documents Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
5. Correspondence
6. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (in private)
7. Work programme (in private)

19th Meeting

14 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Electronic Trade Documents Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Registers of Scotland
4. Electronic Trade Documents Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Registers of Scotland
6. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (in private)

18th Meeting

07 June

1. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)

17th Meeting

31 May

1. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)
2. Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill and Electronic Trade Documents Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

16th Meeting

24 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Consumer Scotland
3. Consumer Scotland
4. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

15th Meeting

17 May

1. Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill (in private)
2. Annual report (in private)

14th Meeting

10 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Government policy priorities
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Scottish Government policy priorities
6. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)

13th Meeting

03 May

1. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)
2. Correspondence (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

12th Meeting

26 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)

11th Meeting

19 April

1. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)
3. Disability Employment Gap (in private)

10th Meeting

29 March

1. Disability Employment Gap (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

9th Meeting

22 March

1. Disability Employment Gap
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)

8th Meeting

15 March

1. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area (in private)

7th Meeting

08 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area

6th Meeting

01 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
5. Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

22 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
3. Just Transition for the Grangemouth area
4. Town centres and retail
5. Correspondence

4th Meeting

08 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Disability employment gap
3. Disability employment gap

3rd Meeting

25 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Disability employment gap
3. Disability employment gap
4. Work programme (in private)

2nd Meeting

18 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Budget 2023-24
3. National Strategy for Economic Transformation
4. Scottish Budget 2023-24
5. National Strategy for Economic Transformation
6. UK Infrastructure Bank Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

1st Meeting

11 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. The outlook for business investment
3. Chief Entrepreneurial Adviser to the Scottish Government
4. The outlook for business investment
5. Chief Entrepreneurial Adviser to the Scottish Government
6. Work programme (in private)

All meetings of the Economy and Fair Work Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

31st Meeting

21 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. The outlook for business investment
5. The outlook for business investment

30th Meeting

14 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's economic outlook
3. Scotland's economic outlook
4. Correspondence
5. Work programme

29th Meeting

07 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition
3. Just Transition

28th Meeting

30 November

1. Work programme (in private)

27th Meeting

23 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Just Transition Commission
3. Just Transition Commission
4. Work programme (in private)

26th Meeting

16 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Fair Work Convention
3. Fair Work Convention
4. Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill and Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
5. Town centres and retail (in private)

25th Meeting

09 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
3. Scotland's supply chain
4. Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill and Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Broadband connectivity

24th Meeting

02 November

1. UK Infrastructure Bank Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24 (in private)

23rd Meeting

26 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
4. Town centres and retail

22nd Meeting

05 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. UK Infrastructure Bank Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Procurement Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
8. Legislation Consent Memorandums
9. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24

21st Meeting

28 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
6. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
7. UK Infrastructure Bank Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

20th Meeting

21 September

1. Work programme (in private)

19th Meeting

07 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Registers of Scotland
3. Registers of Scotland
4. Scotland's supply chain

18th Meeting

29 June

1. Town centres and retail (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

17th Meeting

22 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Broadband connectivity
3. Broadband connectivity

16th Meeting

15 June

1. Town centres and retail
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Town centres and retail (in private)

15th Meeting

25 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Town centres and retail
3. Town centres and retail
4. Annual report

14th Meeting

18 May

1. Town centres and retail
2. Evidence Session (in private)

13th Meeting

11 May

1. Town centres and retail
2. Public petitions: PE01676
3. Evidence Session (in private)

12th Meeting

04 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Town centres and retail
3. Town centres and retail (in private)
4. Work programme

11th Meeting

27 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Town centres and retail
3. Evidence Session (in private)
4. Work programme

10th Meeting

20 April

1. Town centres and retail
2. Town centres and retail (in private)
3. Scotland's supply chain (in private)

9th Meeting

30 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Town centres and retail
3. Town centres and retail
4. Scotland's supply chain (in private)

8th Meeting

16 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. National Strategy for Economic Transformation
3. Scottish National Investment Bank
4. National Strategy for Economic Transformation
5. Scottish National Investment Bank

7th Meeting

09 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
3. Work programme
4. Scotland's supply chain (in private)

6th Meeting

02 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Registers of Scotland
5. Registers of Scotland
6. Work programme

5th Meeting

09 February

1. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
2. Scotland's supply chain (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

4th Meeting

02 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Tourism and Hospitality Sectors
3. Scottish Tourism and Hospitality Sectors
4. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Subsidy Control Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Work programme

3rd Meeting

26 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Scotland’s supply chain
7. Work programme

2nd Meeting

19 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Budget 2022-23
3. Subsidy Control Bill (UK Parliament Legislation)
4. Scottish Budget 2022-23
5. Subsidy Control Bill (UK Parliament Legislation)
6. Work programme

1st Meeting

12 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subsidy Control Bill (UK Parliament Legislation)
3. Subsidy Control Bill (UK Parliament Legislation)
4. Work programme

All meetings of the Economy and Fair Work Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

15th Meeting

15 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
3. Scotland's supply chain
4. Work programme

14th Meeting

08 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Evidence Session

13th Meeting

01 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Scotland's supply chain

12th Meeting

24 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Scotland's supply chain
5. Subsidy Control Bill (UK Parliament Legislation)

11th Meeting

17 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's supply chain
3. UK Subordinate Legislation
4. Scotland’s supply chain
5. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

10th Meeting

10 November

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Scotland's supply chain
4. Scotland's supply chain

9th Meeting

03 November

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2022-2023 (in private)

8th Meeting

27 October

1. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2022-2023 (in private)

7th Meeting

06 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Financing the transition to Net Zero
3. Financing the transition to Net Zero

6th Meeting

29 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Economic recovery
3. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
4. Evidence Session
5. Professional Qualifications Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Work programme

5th Meeting

22 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Economic recovery
3. Evidence Session

4th Meeting

15 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Economic recovery
4. UK Subordinate Legislation
5. Economic recovery
6. Work programme

3rd Meeting

08 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Employment and skills for recovery
3. Evidence Session
4. Work programme

2nd Meeting

01 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Economic recovery
3. Work programme
4. UK Subordinate Legislation
5. Economic recovery

1st Meeting

23 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Choice of Deputy Convener
4. Legacy paper
5. Decision on taking business in private
6. Work programme

1st Meeting 2021

23 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Choice of Deputy Convener
4. Legacy paper
5. Decision on taking business in private and Work programme