Chamber and committees

I welcome Michelle Thomson to her role as deputy convener and I look forward to working with her.

The committee will prepare a short report to Parliament. I invite members to agree to delegate responsibility for that report to me. Do they agree to do so?

Members indicated agreement.

Do members have questions?

We move to questions from members.

There is a gap here while we are waiting. The project that I referred to ran for a few years. People liked it and thought that it was positive. We are evaluating it but, while we are evaluating it, there is no equivalent fund or support available.

I will perhaps leave this next issue to Gordon MacDonald, as it is covered in the report as a recommendation on job coaches.

The membership of the standing committee, which Maggie Chapman has referred to, is not public. We have managed to establish that on it there are 10 creditor representatives, four insolvency practitioners, two regulatory bodies and two advice sector bodies, so it is weighted towards the interests of creditors. Can the minister exert some influence so that we can find out what its membership is? That has been difficult to find out.

Okay. Thank you.

There are no more questions. That brings us to agenda item 9, which is formal consideration of the motion to approve the instrument. I invite the minister to move motion S6M-13108.

Motion moved,

That the Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends that the Protected Trust Deeds (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.—[Ivan McKee.]

Motion agreed to.

Given the tight timescales involved, I invite the committee to delegate responsibility to me, as convener, to sign off the report. Do members agree to that?

Members indicated agreement.

There are no further questions.

The next agenda item is formal consideration of the motions to approve the draft instruments. I issue the reminder that only members and the minister may participate in this agenda item. I invite the minster to move the motions and to make any further comments that he wishes to make.

Motions moved,

That the Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends that the Scottish Pubs Code Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.

That the Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends that the Tied Pubs (Fees and Financial Penalties) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.

That the Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends that the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator (Miscellaneous Listings) Order 2024 [draft] be approved.

That the Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends that the Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator (Duty to Publish Certain Information) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.

That the Economy and Fair Work Committee recommends that the Tied Pubs (Scottish Arbitration Rules) Amendment Order 2024 [draft] be approved.—[Tom Arthur]

Motions agreed to.

I thank the minister and his officials for attending this morning. The committee is required to report to Parliament on whether the draft instruments should be approved, and a report covering all five instruments will be prepared. Given the tight timescale, do committee members agree to delegate approval of the report to me?

Members indicated agreement.