Chamber and committees

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Agenda: 06 January 2026

Tuesday, 06 January 2026

1st Meeting, 2026

Start time: 09:30am

Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room

Agenda items:

Declaration of interests
Budget Scrutiny 2026-27
Subordinate legislation
Subordinate legislation

Agenda published: Tuesday, 23 December 2025 09:37am

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1. Declaration of interests

Patrick Harvie will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

2. Budget Scrutiny 2026-27

The Committee will take evidence from—

Jackson Carlaw
Member
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

David McGill
Clerk/Chief Executive
Scottish Parliament

Kerry Twyman
Director of Finance and Resilience
Scottish Parliament

Andrew Munro
Head of Internal Audit
Scottish Parliament

Papers for this item:

Paper 1 - Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 - SPCB - Note by the Clerk (965KB, pdf) posted 18 December 2025

3. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Investment Zones Relief) (Scotland) Order 2026 [draft] from—

Ivan McKee
Minister for Public Finance
Scottish Government

Laura Parker
LBTT Policy Lead, Directorate for Tax and Revenues
Scottish Government

Liam Farrow
Head of Regional Economic Policy
Scottish Government

Laura Wilkinson
Lawyer
Scottish Government

Papers for this item:

Paper 2 - LBTT Subordinate Legislation - Note by the Clerk (93KB, pdf) posted 18 December 2025

4. Subordinate legislation

Ivan McKee (Minister for Public Finance) to move—

S6M-20212—That the Finance and Public Administration Committee recommends that the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Investment Zones Relief) (Scotland) Order 2026 [draft] be approved.