Document 1127

Scottish Parliament: Committees: Finance: Minutes: Meeting 4, 2003

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FINANCE COMMITTEE
MINUTES
4th Meeting, 2003 (Session 1)
Tuesday 11 February 2003



Present:

Brian Adam
Mr David Davidson
Alasdair Morgan
Tom McCabe (Convener)
Jamie Stone
Elaine Thomson (Deputy Convener)
Dr Richard Simpson



The meeting opened at 2.04 p.m



1. Scotland's Budget Documents 2003-04: The Committee took evidence from-

Peter Peacock MSP, Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services;

Richard Dennis, Scottish Executive Finance Co-ordination;

Richard Wilkins, Scottish Executive Finance Co-ordination.

2. Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill: The Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2.

The following amendments were agreed to without division: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Sections 1 and 2, schedules 3 and 4, sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 were agreed to without amendment.

Schedules 1 and 2, section 3, schedule 5 and the long title were agreed to as amended.

The Committee completed Stage 2 consideration of the Bill.

3. Outcome Budgeting: The Committee took evidence from-

Peter Peacock MSP, Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services;

Richard Dennis, Scottish Executive Finance Co-ordination;

Richard Wilkins, Scottish Executive Finance Co-ordination.

The Committee agreed to refer the item to its successor committee for further consideration.

Jamie Stone declined to take part in agenda item 4 due to his membership of the Holyrood Progress Group.

4. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body - Report on the Scottish Parliament Building Project: The Committee considered a report on the progress of the Holyrood Project and took evidence from-

Paul Grice, Clerk and Chief Executive, Scottish Parliament;

Robert Brown MSP, Member, Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;

John Home Robertson MSP, Convener, Holyrood Progress Group;

Sarah Davidson, Project Director, Holyrood Project Team.

5. Visit by the House of Commons' Modernisation Committee: The Committee considered an invitation to a Member of the Committee to attend a working lunch with the Modernisation Committee, and agreed that Alasdair Morgan should attend on behalf of the Finance Committee.

6. Cross-Cutting Review (in private): The Committee considered a draft report on its cross-cutting expenditure review on Children in Poverty.

The meeting closed at 4.54 p.m..





David McGill,
Acting Clerk to the Committee

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Scottish Parliament: Committees: Finance: Minutes: Meeting 4, 2003