Holyrood Live: MSPs pass gay pardons law

Summary

The Finance Committee takes evidence on economic forecasts and the government's financial strategy from the Scottish Fiscal Commission and then Derek Mackay
Culture and justice ministers face portfolio questions
The Bill pardoning gay men convicted of same-sex offences is passed
MSPs debate the Citizen Girl campaign

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Louise Wilson and Craig Hutchison

Background: Scottish economy faces 'subdued' growth for years to comepublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 6 June 2018
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Scotland's economy is set for five more years of "subdued" growth, lagging behind the UK as a whole, the Scottish Fiscal Commission has warned.
The forecaster cut its estimates for the coming years, saying growth will fail to exceed 1% in the years to 2023.
It also predicted that wages will fall in real terms this year, and will not start to rise until 2020.
The Scottish government insisted the "challenging" outlook was a result of UK government austerity policies.
But opposition parties claimed the "grim" forecasts showed that the SNP should focus more on economic matters than the constitution.
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Forecasts broadly unchanged from Decemberpublished at 09:42 British Summer Time 6 June 2018
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SFC chair Dame Susan Rice
SFC chair Dame Susan Rice explains the outlook remains broadly unchanged from December and the pattern of slower subdued growth is likely to persist.
Employment growth is likely to continue, but real wage growth is expected to fall over the next year before beginning to slowly rise from 2020, she states.
The first costing of the Scottish government plans for social security are included in the report, Dame Susan highlights, and is expected to be £46m by 2023-24.
On borrowing plans, she says the Commission agrees these are within the limits set out in the fiscal framework but the Scottish government can only continue to borrow at is has done until 2022-23, after which borrowing will be limited.
Postpublished at 09:39 British Summer Time 6 June 2018
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And we're off...........published at 09:37 British Summer Time 6 June 2018
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The committee begins its first panel of the day with the Scottish Fiscal Commission , externalrepresentatives:
- Dame Susan Rice, chair
- John Ireland, chief executive
- David Wilson, commissioner
- Professor Alasdair Smith, commissioner
Postpublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 6 June 2018
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Committee begins shortlypublished at 09:27 British Summer Time 6 June 2018
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Kicking off at 9:30am, the Finance and Constitution Committee will first take evidence from the Scottish Fiscal Commission following publication of its latest fiscal forecasts, external.
After that, Finance Secretary Derek Mackay and his officials will discuss the Scottish government's medium-term financial strategy (MTFS).
Finally, Mr Mackay will also give evidence on a change to the function of the SFC, external.
Good morning and welcome to Holyrood Live!published at 12:21 British Summer Time 4 June 2018
Good morning and welcome to Holyrood Live today, Wednesday 6 June 2018.
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First up this morning, the Finance Committee takes evidence on last week's fiscal forecasts from the Scottish Fiscal Commission.
After that, Finance Secretary Derek Mackay will be grilled on the Scottish government's medium-term financial strategy.
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Culture and justice ministers face portfolio questions after lunch, before the final stage debate on the Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Bill.
SNP MSP Ruth Maguire then leads a member's debate on the ‘Citizen Girl Initiative’.