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Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Agenda: 22 January 2026

Thursday, 22 January 2026

3rd Meeting, 2026

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

  1. Scottish Broadcasting, BBC Charter Renewal and BBC Annual Report
  2. Historic Environment Scotland: Auditor General for Scotland Section 22 Report

Agenda published: Monday, 19 January 2026 02:19pm

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1. Scottish Broadcasting, BBC Charter Renewal and BBC Annual Report

The Committee will take evidence from—

  • Hayley Valentine
    Director
    BBC Scotland

  • Louise Thornton
    Head of Multiplatform Commissioning
    BBC Scotland

  • Luke McCullough
    Corporate Affairs Director, Nations
    BBC

  • Rhona Burns
    Finance Director: Financial Planning & Insight
    BBC

Papers for this item:

Paper 1 - BBC Charter Renewal and BBC annual Report (265KB, pdf) posted 19 January 2026

2. Historic Environment Scotland: Auditor General for Scotland Section 22 Report

The Committee will take evidence from—

  • Stephen Boyle
    Auditor General for Scotland

  • Lisa Duthie
    Audit Director
    Audit Scotland

Papers for this item:

Paper 2 - Historic Environment Scotland Auditor General for Scotland Section 22 Report (105KB, pdf) posted 19 January 2026

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