Chamber and committees

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee [Session 6]

Agenda: 18 December 2025

Thursday, 18 December 2025

34th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 08:30am

Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room

Agenda items:

Transparency of Intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny
Legal mechanism for any independence referendum inquiry
Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill (in private)

Agenda published: Thursday, 18 December 2025 08:56am

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1. Transparency of Intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny

The Committee will take evidence from—

Angus Robertson
Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
Scottish Government

Chris Mackie
Deputy Director, Constitution & UK Relations
Scottish Government

Papers for this item:

Paper 1 - Transparency of Intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny (1MB, pdf) posted 15 December 2025

2. Legal mechanism for any independence referendum inquiry

The Committee will take evidence from—

Angus Robertson
Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
Scottish Government

Luke McBratney
Deputy Director, Elections and Constitutional Projects
Scottish Government

Papers for this item:

Paper 2 - Legal mechanism for any independence referendum inquiry (848KB, pdf) posted 15 December 2025

3. Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill (in private)

The Committee will consider the Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill draft Stage 1 Report.

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