Minutes: 09 March 2023

Thursday, 09 March 2023

8th Meeting, 2023

Start time: 09:33am

End time: 11:30am

Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room

Published: Monday, 20 March 2023

Committee Member attendees:

Minutes

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take item 3 in private.

2. How is Devolution Changing Post-EU?:

The Committee took evidence from a number of former senior civil servants—

Professor Hugh Rawlings, Welsh Government Director for Constitutional Affairs and Inter-Governmental Relations 2004-2020 ;

Doctor Andrew McCormick, Retired Northern Ireland Civil Service Permanent Secretary and Lead official on Brexit for the NI Executive 2018-2021 ;

Philip Rycroft, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the EU 2017-2019 and Senior civil servant Cabinet Office official on devolution 2012-2019 ;

Professor Jim Gallagher CB FRSE, Director General for Devolution, Cabinet Office/Ministry of Justice 2007-2011 and Honorary Professor, Centre for Constitutional and Legal Research ;

Paul Cackette, Former Scottish Government Director .

3. Evidence Session:

This item was not taken and will be considered at a future meeting.