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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 21 August 2025
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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 5 September 2023

Willie Coffey

Thank you. I would appreciate hearing Councillor Heddle’s view on that. What might make this more successful than the 2007 concordat?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 5 September 2023

Willie Coffey

Thanks for that. Councillor Heddle, COSLA has an increased role in national policy development. Does that suggest that people like the members of this committee should seek to scrutinise that aspect of your work more effectively to ensure that the outcomes of the framework agreement are being delivered, or are you satisfied that the current scrutiny models are sufficient?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)

Meeting date: 5 September 2023

Willie Coffey

I want to ask about two aspects of the 2015 act that have not yet been brought into force. As you know, the act came into force in 2015, so we are now eight years on, but I would just note part 7, which is intended to facilitate supporter engagement in football clubs, and part 10, which enables ministers to require public authorities to help the public to participate in the decision-making process. What are your views on those provisions? Will you be bringing them into force any time soon?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (Post-legislative Scrutiny)

Meeting date: 5 September 2023

Willie Coffey

Many thanks.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 5 September 2023

Willie Coffey

Joe, you and I are the two members here today who were around at the time of the historic concordat in 2007. You will recall that that concordat was connected to the structures within the national performance framework. The new deal does not connect with the national performance framework, but you mentioned an outcomes framework. Can you give us some insight into how we will measure progress and outcomes this time?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

New Deal with Local Government

Meeting date: 5 September 2023

Willie Coffey

Okay. Thank you for both those responses.

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of Scottish Canalsâ€

Meeting date: 29 June 2023

Willie Coffey

Thank you for that.

Auditor General, you also raised in the report issues relating to ownership, rights and obligations, which probably further complicate the whole mix. How much have those issues in the background impacted on the ability to produce and prepare accurate statements on the valuation of assets?

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of Scottish Canalsâ€

Meeting date: 29 June 2023

Willie Coffey

Is Scottish Canals making sufficient progress in the area to reconcile that? Is it making good progress or any progress towards that? Disentangling all that is really complex. Is that being done?

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of Scottish Canalsâ€

Meeting date: 29 June 2023

Willie Coffey

My final query is on the comment that you made earlier about errors in the accounting statements. I will read this bit so that I get the wording correct. The report states:

“the reconciliation of the reconstructed closing balances to the figures in the draft accounts identified several errors.â€

Will you just flesh out for us a wee bit what those errors are and what has been done to correct them?

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2021/22 audit of Scottish Canalsâ€

Meeting date: 29 June 2023

Willie Coffey

What is the TB?