Economy and Fair Work Committee
21st Meeting, 2024
Willie Coffey stated he had no relevant interests to declare.
The Committee considered a draft report. Various changes were agreed to, and the Committee agreed to consider a revised draft, in private, at a future meeting.
The Committee considered a scoping paper for its next inquiry on City Region Growth Deals. It agreed an approach and questions for a call for views. At its business planning session in June, the Committee agreed to (1) write to the Scottish Government seeking a progress update following its Town Centres and Retail Inquiry report, (2) in advance of a Committee Chamber debate on its two Just Transition inquiry reports, invite the Scottish Fiscal Commission and the UK Climate Change Committee to give evidence on financing a just transition to net zero, (3) scrutinise the updated Scottish Government National Strategy for Economic Transformation and forthcoming Green Industrial Strategy, (4) consider an inquiry scoping paper on improving Scotland’s productivity and (5) visit the Ferguson Marine shipyard.