The Union and devolution inquiry takes evidence in Edinburgh

• Inquiry: The Union and devolution
• Select Committee on the Constitution

Session details

The evidence sessions start at 9:30am on Friday 11 December with evidence from the Scottish Government. The sessions are open to a limited number of members of the public and journalists to attend.

Full schedule

At 9.30am:

• Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, Scottish National Party, and Ken Thomson, Director-General Strategy and External Affairs, Scottish Government

At 10.30am:

• Claire Baker MSP, Scottish Labour Party; Baroness Goldie MSP, Scottish Conservatives; Maggie Chapman, Scottish Greens; Cllr Robert Brown, Scottish Liberal Democrats

At 11.45am:

• Sir John Elvidge, former Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government

At 1.15pm:

• Professor Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen; Professor Neil Walker, University of Edinburgh; Professor James Mitchell, University of Edinburgh

At 2.15pm:

• Willie Sullivan, Director, Electoral Reform Society Scotland

At 3.15pm:

• Owen Kelly, Chief Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise; Garry Clark, Head of Policy and Research, Scottish Chambers of Commerce

At 4.00pm:

• David Moxham, Deputy General Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress; Martin Sime, Chief Executive, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

Issues covered

The sessions cover a wide range of constitutional issues including:

• whether a new agreement or statute is needed to define the relationship between the devolved nations and the UK Government
• the extent to which Scottish politics has become separate from politics in the rest of the UK
• how the increasing devolution of tax raising powers to Scotland will affect the UK Government's role in redistributing wealth across the UK
• how further devolution will affect the 'social union' in the UK
• how differences in policy between the UK and Scottish Governments will have an impact on business, trade unions and civil society

Further information

• About Parliament: Select committees
• Visiting Parliament: Select committees

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