Finance Committee Minutes of Proceedings
FI/S3/10/06/M
6th Meeting, 2010 (Session 3)
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Present:
| Derek Brownlee |
Malcolm Chisholm |
| Linda Fabiani |
Joe FitzPatrick |
| Tom McCabe (Deputy Convener) |
Jeremy Purvis |
| Andrew Welsh (Convener) |
David Whitton |
The meeting opened at 2.04 pm.
1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee took evidence on the draft Budget (Scotland) Act 2009 Amendment Order 2010 from—
John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, Alyson Stafford, Director of Finance, and John Williams, Head of Finance Co-ordination, Scottish Government.
2. Subordinate legislation: John Swinney MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth) moved (S3M-5736) that the Finance Committee recommends that the draft Budget (Scotland) Act 2009 Amendment Order 2010 be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
3. Public Services Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 5).
The following amendments were agreed to (without division): 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 223, 224, 225, 226, 66, 67, 227, 81, 186, 82, 228, 229 and 230.
The following amendments were disagreed to (by division)—
217 (For 3, Against 4, Abstentions 1)
110 (For 1, Against 7, Abstentions 0)
111 (For 1, Against 6, Abstentions 1).
Amendments 231, 80 and 200 were moved and, with the agreement of the Committee, withdrawn.
The following amendments were not moved: 218, 219, 220, 221, 222 and 112.
Sections 100 and 101 were agreed to without amendment.
Sections 99, 102 and 103 and the long title were agreed to as amended.
The Committee completed Stage 2 consideration of the Bill.
4. Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Bill: The Committee took evidence on the Financial Memorandum of the Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Bill from—
Trish Godman MSP;
David Cullum, Head of the Non-Executive Bills Unit, and Janice Crerar, Allowances and Officeholders Department, Scottish Parliament.
5. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee agreed to consider a draft report on the Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Bill in private at future meetings.
The meeting closed at 3.59 pm.
James Johnston
Clerk to the Finance Committee
Room T3.60
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 348 5215
Email: james.johnston@scottish.parliament.uk
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