SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
The SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee was established in December 2024. It was set up in response to the findings of a Finance and Public Administration Committee inquiry into Scotland's commissioner landscape. The Committee has been asked by Parliament to review and develop a framework for SPCB supported bodies including by:
- defining how these bodies can be held to account and scrutinised
- setting stronger criteria for creating new supported bodies
- identifying how services and offices can be shared between these bodies
It is expected to sit until 30 September 2025.
Work of the Committee
Completed work
Correspondence
Correspondence
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
SPCB response to the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee report
11 September 2025
Letter from the Presiding Officer to the Convener, 11 September 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Sarah Boyack MSP response to the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee report
11 September 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Scottish Government response to the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee report
9 September 2025
Letter from the Minister for Public Finance to the Convener, 9 September 2025
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, May 8, 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, April 3, 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, March 20, 2025
Decision on Taking Business in Private, SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, February 20, 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, February 6, 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee
Meeting date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
Reports
Committee reports
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review
Published: 19 June 2025
A report by the SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee on the SPCB supported bodies landscape.
Committee Remit
To consider, review and report on the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) supported bodies landscape in accordance with the Parliament’s resolution of 31 October 2024 and develop a clear strategic framework to underpin and provide coherence and structure to the SPCB supported bodies landscape by the end of June 2025, including
(a) creating effective accountability and scrutiny mechanisms
(b) formalising strengthened criteria for creating new supported bodies; and
(c) identifying and addressing any barriers to sharing services and offices.
Membership
Ben Macpherson
Convener
Scottish National Party
Murdo Fraser
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Richard Leonard
Member
Scottish Labour
Ash Regan
Member
Independent
Lorna Slater
Member
Scottish Green Party