Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 26 February 2015
26 Feb 2015 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Decision Time
The result of the division is: For 88, Against 13, Abstentions 0.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
That the Parliament supports the establishment of an independent cross-party commission to examine alternatives to the council tax as proposed by the Local Government and Regeneration Committee in its 8th report in 2014, Flexibility and Autonomy in Local Government; welcomes this being undertaken jointly by the Scottish Government and local government; endorses the remit as set out in the response to question S4W-24542, and looks forward to its report in autumn 2015.
Meeting closed at 17:02.
References in this contribution
Motions, questions or amendments mentioned by their reference code.
- S4W-24542 Question
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