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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.

Find out more about SPCB-supported bodies

Previous meetings of the committee

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Work of the Committee

Work of the Committee: Completed work

Work of the Committee: 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

Work of the Committee: 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

Work of the Committee: 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.

Work of the Committee: Committee Remit

To consider, review and report on the 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

Convener
Ben Macpherson, Scottish National Party (12 December 2024 to 23 September 2025)
Members
Murdo Fraser, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (5 December 2024 to 30 September 2025)
Richard Leonard, Scottish Labour (5 December 2024 to 30 September 2025)
Ash Regan, Independent (5 December 2024 to 30 September 2025)
Lorna Slater, Scottish Green Party (5 December 2024 to 30 September 2025)