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Interministerial Standing Committee Communiqué: 29 June 2022

Updated 2 May 2024

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

The Interministerial Standing Committee met for the second time on 29 June 2022 via video conference. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery in the Scottish 바카라 사이트, John Swinney MSP.

The other attending Ministers were:

From the Scottish 바카라 사이트: Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans 바카라 사이트“ Keith Brown MSP.

From the UK 바카라 사이트: Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations 바카라 사이트“ Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury 바카라 사이트“ Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Northern Ireland Office) 바카라 사이트“ Lord Caine, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Scotland Office) 바카라 사이트“ Iain Stewart MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Wales Office) 바카라 사이트“ David Davies MP.

From the Welsh 바카라 사이트: First Minister 바카라 사이트“ Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS, Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution 바카라 사이트“ Mick Antoniw MS, Minister for Finance and Local 바카라 사이트 바카라 사이트“ Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Social Justice 바카라 사이트“ Jane Hutt MS.

From the Northern Ireland Executive: Minister of Finance 바카라 사이트“ Conor Murphy MLA, Minister for the Economy 바카라 사이트“ Gordon Lyons MLA.

The Committee discussed the current UK Parliament legislative programme and followed up and progressed the discussion on approaches to UK legislation and ways of working, highlighting the importance of early engagement.

It also discussed the rise in the cost of living, including the measures recently announced by the UK 바카라 사이트 and common challenges faced across the UK 바카라 사이트 and Devolved 바카라 사이트s.

Ministers noted the progress on establishing Interministerial Groups (IMGs) to date, and the proposed forward look of IMSC meetings. The next IMSC is to be held in September and will be chaired by the Welsh 바카라 사이트, in line with rotating chair arrangements.