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Sustainable employment in Scotland inquiry

Inquiry by the Scottish Affairs Committee, 12 October 2016 to 19 April 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Evidence sessions

  • 30 November 2016: Stephen Boyd, Assistant Secretary, Scottish Trades Union CongressFrancis Stuart, Research and Policy Adviser, Oxfam Scotland, Dr Roger Cook, Research Director, Scotland Institute
  • 11 January 2017: Professor David Bell, Professor of Economics, University of Stirling, Professor Graeme Roy, Director, Fraser of Allander InstituteRobin McAlpine, Director, Common Weal, Professor Mike Danson, Jimmy Reid Foundation
  • 16 January 2017: Jack Clark, Convener, Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce, Bruce Simpson, Communications Director, Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce, Brian Richardson, Chief Executive, Dumfries and Galloway Chambers of CommerceCouncillor Colin Smyth, Chair, Economy, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, Dumfries and Galloway Council, Councillor John Mitchell, Depute Leader, Scottish Borders Council, Alistair McKinnon, Location Director for the South of Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, Linda Hanna, Managing Director for Strategy and Sectors, Scottish Enterprise
  • 1 February 2017: Gary Smith, Scotland Secretary, GMB, Bryan Simpson, Executive Council, UniteVaughan Hart, Managing Director, Scottish Building Federation, Ewan MacDonald-Russell, Head of Policy and External Affairs, Scottish Retail Consortium, Donald Macdonald, Executive Chairman, Macdonald Hotels and Resorts
  • 20 February 2017: [--AM--] Gordon Inglis, Director and Principal Consultant, Accord Energy, Fred Bowden, Managing Director, Woollard and Henry, Carole Leslie, Independent AdviserDavid Watt, Executive Director, Institute of Directors Scotland, Barry McCulloch, Senior Policy Adviser, Federation of Small Businesses [--PM--] Mike Tholen, Director of Upstream Policy, Oil and Gas UK, John McDonald, Interim Chief Executive, OPITO
  • 1 March 2017: Siobhan Mathers, Reform Scotland, Professor Jeremy Peat, OBE, Fellow, Royal Society of EdinburghGary Mitchell, Vice President, NFU Scotland
  • 29 March 2017: Lesley Smith, Director of Public Policy, Amazon, Andrew Byrne, Head of Public Policy, Uber, Dan Warne, Managing Director, UK and Ireland, DeliverooWillie Macleod, Executive Director in Scotland, British Hospitality Association