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Chamber and committees

Finance and Public Administration Committee


Minutes: 03 February 2026

Tuesday, 03 February 2026

5th Meeting, 2026

Start time:09:00am
End time: 10:44am
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Published: Tuesday, 03 February 2026

Minutes


1. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee took evidence on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Co-ownership Authorised Contractual Schemes) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] from—

Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance and Laura Parker, LBTT Policy Lead, Directorate for Tax and Revenues, Scottish Government.


2. Subordinate legislation:

Ivan McKee (Minister for Public Finance) moved—

S6M-20588—That the Finance and Public Administration Committee recommends that the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Co-ownership Authorised Contractual Schemes) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.



The motion was agreed to (by division: For 5, Against 0, Abstentions 1).


3. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Aggregates Tax (Applicable Rate of Tax) Regulations 2026 [draft] from—

Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance and Cara Woods, Senior Policy Advisor, Aggregates and Landfill Taxes, Scottish Government.


4. Subordinate legislation:

Ivan McKee (Minister for Public Finance) moved—

S6M-20364—That the Finance and Public Administration Committee recommends that the Scottish Aggregates Tax (Applicable Rate of Tax) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.



The motion was agreed to.


5. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Landfill Tax (Administration) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/8) from—

Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance and Jonathan Waite, Aggregates Tax Bill Team Leader, Scottish Government.

The Committee made no comment on the instrument.


6. Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 (In Private):

The Committee considered a draft report. Various changes were agreed to and the Committee agreed the arrangements for its publication.


7. Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum (In Private):

The Committee considered and agreed a draft legacy report.


8. Work programme (In Private):

The Committee considered and agreed its work programme. The Committee agreed to support the reappointment of Professor Graeme Roy as Chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission.


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