Finance Committee - Scottish Parliament: 14th January 2015
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 2015-01-14

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk - Scottish Parliament Finance Committee. Agenda:

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 7 in private.

2. Community Charge Debt (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Councillor Kevin Keenan, Spokesperson for Resources and Capacity, COSLA;
Brian Cook, Head of Revenue Services, North Lanarkshire Council;
Gregory Colgan, Head of Corporate Debt and Welform Reform, Dundee City Council;
Lynn Brown, Executive Director of Financial Services, Glasgow City Council;
and then from—
John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy, Jenny Brough, Council Tax Team Leader, Graham Owenson, Head of Local Government Finance Unit, Laura Barrie, Assistant Scottish Parliamentary Counsel, and Colin Brown, Legal Officer, Scottish Government.

3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Landfill Tax (Prescribed Landfill Site Activites) Order 2014 (SSI 2014/367) from—
John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy, David Kerrouchi, Policy Adviser, Neil Ferguson, Land and Buildings Transaction Tax Bill Team Leader, and Greig Walker, Solicitor, Scottish Government.

4. Subordinate legislation: John Swinney (Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Constitution) to move—S4M-12007—That the Finance Committee recommends that the Scottish Landfill Tax (Prescribed Landfill Site Activities) Order 2014 be approved.

5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Prescribed Proportions) (Scotland) Order 2014 (SSI 2014/350), the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Qualifying Public or Educational Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/351), and the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Definition of Charity) (Relevant Territories) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/352) from—
John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy, David Kerrouchi, Policy Adviser, Neil Ferguson, Land and Buildings Transaction Tax Bill Team Leader, and Greig Walker, Solicitor, Scottish Government.

6. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—
the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Prescribed Proportions) (Scotland) Order 2014 (SSI 2014/350);
the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Qualifying Public or Educational Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/351);
the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Definition of Charity) (Relevant Territories) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/352).

7. Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the Financial Memorandum of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Bill.


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