Scotland Bill Committee
The remit of the Scotland Bill Committee is to consider the Scotland Bill, proposed amendments to the Bill, responses to the report of the Session 3 Scotland Bill Committee, and to report to the Parliament.
Membership
Convener
Linda Fabiani
Deputy Convener
James Kelly
Members
Richard Baker
Nigel Don
Adam Ingram
Alison Johnstone
John Mason
Stewart Maxwell
Joan McAlpine
David McLetchie
Willie Rennie
Substitute Members
Murdo Fraser
Patrick Harvie
Derek Mackay
Committee Meetings
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11th Meeting, Thursday 17th November 2011
Committee hears evidence from John Swinney MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth and Bruce Crawford MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy followed by Michael Moore MP, Secretary of State for Scotland and David Mundell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland.
10th Meeting, Tuesday 8th November 2011
Committee hears evidence on EU issues from: Professor Andrew Scott, University of Edinburgh; Dr. Alex Wright, University of Dundee; Nigel Miller, President, NFU Scotland; Chris Bronsdon, Chief Executive Officer, Scottish European Green Energy Centre. Evidence on fiscal autonomy in other states/regions and devolution of taxes from Dr. Graham Gudgin, Northern Ireland Economic Reform Group and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre For Business Research, University of Cambridge; Professor Rosa Greaves, University of Glasgow; Alastair Sutton, Adviser to UK Crown Dependencies, Brick Court Chambers; Dr. Tontxu Campos, former Minister of the Basque Country Government and current Head of innovation, Deusto University. Evidence on fiscal autonomy in Canada by videoconference from Professor Richard Bird, Department of Economics, and Adjunct Professor and Co-Director of the International Tax Program at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
9th Meeting, Tuesday 1st November 2011
Committee hears evidence on the role of the UK Supreme Court from Paul McBride Q.C., Senior Counsel, Black Chambers; Lord McCluskey, Chair, and Sheriff Charles Stoddart, Member, Supreme Court Review Group; Frank Mulholland Q.C., The Lord Advocate; Rt. Hon. the Lord Wallace of Tankerness Q.C., Advocate General for Scotland and Paul Johnston, Solicitor to the Advocate General, Office of the Advocate General; Alan Trench, Honorary senior research fellow, Constitution Unit, University College London.
8th Meeting, Tuesday 25 October 2011
Committee hears evidence on broadcasting issues. The Committee will take evidence from; Blair Jenkins, Former Chair, Scottish Broadcasting Commission; Bill Matthews, Trustee for Scotland, BBC Trust; Ken MacQuarrie, Director, BBC Scotland; Jane Muirhead, Scottish representative and Managing Director, PACT and Raise the Roof Productions; Vicki Nash, Director, and David Mahoney, Director of Policy, Content & Standards, Ofcom Scotland.
Committee hears evidence on the role of the UK Supreme Court and other issues. The Committee will take evidence from Richard Keen Q.C., Dean, and James Mure Q.C., Faculty of Advocates; Michael Clancy, Director, Christine O’Neill, Convener of the Constitutional Law Committee, and Alan McCreadie, Deputy Director of Law Reform, Law Society of Scotland.
7th Meeting, Tuesday 4 October 2011
Committee hears evidence from Martin Sime from the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations; David Griffith a member of the SCVO policy committee and chief executive of Ecas; Kate Still, chief executive of the Wise Group; Maggie Kelly, co-ordinator of policy and campaigns officer for the Scottish Campaign for Welfare Reform and the Poverty Alliance; and Matt Lancashire, social policy officer with Citizens Advice Scotland.
6th Meeting, Tuesday 27 September 2011
Committee hears evidence from Ben Thomson, Garry Clark and Martin Togneri on Corporation Tax; Amanda McMillan and Richard Bird on Air Passenger Duty and Aggregates Tax; Campbell Evans, Patrick Browne and Dr Evelyn Gillan on Excise Duties; Jim McColl, Professor Hughes Hallet and Norman Springford on Corporation Tax; followed by David Gauke MP and Paul Doyle.
5th Meeting, Tuesday 20 September 2011
Rob Hastings and Alan Laidlaw give evidence on the Crown Estate. Evidence also from Cllr Michael Foxley, Andy Wightman, Lorne MacLeod, David Whitehead and Calum Davidson.
4th Meeting, Tuesday 13 September 2011
Committee hears from Sir Kenneth Calman, author of the Calman Report. Evidence also from Prof. Chris Heady, Derek Allen, Raymond Kelly, Margaret Cuthbert and Jim Cuthbert on tax and the Crown Estate.
3rd Meeting, Thursday 8 September 2011
Committee hears evidence from Michael Moore MP, Secretary of State for Scotland and David Mundell MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland.
2nd Meeting, Tuesday 28 June 2011
Committee hears evidence from John Swinney MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth and Bruce Crawford MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy.
1st Meeting, Tuesday 21 June 2011
To select the Convener and agree on proceedings.
