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Chamber and committees

Finance and Public Administration Committee


Agenda: 10 March 2026

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

10th Meeting, 2026

Start time: 08:30am
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Agenda items:

  1. Scottish Spending Review 2026 and Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline 2026
  2. Public administration in government
  3. Subordinate legislation
  4. Subordinate legislation
  5. Annual report (in private)

Agenda published: Thursday, 05 March 2026 02:10pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Scottish Spending Review 2026 and Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline 2026

The Committee will take evidence from—

  • Shona Robison
    Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government
    Scottish Government
  • Richard McCallum
    Director of Public Spending
    Scottish Government
  • Cathy Sumner
    Head of Public Spending Team
    Scottish Government

Papers for this item:


2. Public administration in government

The Committee will take evidence from—

  • Joe Griffin
    Permanent Secretary
    Scottish Government
  • Lesley Fraser
    Director-General Corporate
    Scottish Government
  • Richard McCallum
    Director of Public Spending
    Scottish Government

3. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2026 (SSI 2026/97) from—

  • Ivan McKee
    Minister for Public Finance
    Scottish Government
  • Jonathan Waite
    Aggregates Tax Bill Team Leader
    Scottish Government
  • Ninian Christie
    Lawyer
    Scottish Government

4. Subordinate legislation

Ivan McKee (Minister for Public Finance) to move—

S6M-20861—That the Finance and Public Administration Committee recommends that the Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2026 (SSI 2026/97) be approved.


5. Annual report (in private)

The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2025 to 8 April 2026.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item