Finance and Public Administration Committee [Session 6]

---

Meeting Agenda

1st Meeting, 2025

• Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
• Session: 6
• Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
• Start time: 09:00am
• Published: Monday, January 6, 2025 09:54am

---

1 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (additional amount: transactions relating to second homes etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 [SSI 2024/367] from—

---

Witnesses

Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance, Scottish Government

Ewan Cameron-Nielsen, Head, Fully Devolved Taxes Unit, Scottish Government

---

Paper 1 - LBTT SSI - Note by the Clerk posted 19/12/2024 (Ref: FPA/S6/25/1/1, 83KB, pdf)

---

2 Subordinate legislation

Ivan McKee (Minister for Public Finance) to move—

S6M-15749—That the Finance and Public Administration Committee recommends that the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (additional amount: transactions relating to second homes etc.) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 (SSI 2024/367) be approved.

---

3 Budget Scrutiny 2025-26

The Committee will take evidence from—

---

Witnesses

Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland

Fiona Diggle, Audit Manager, Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland

---

Garry McEwan, Director of Corporate Services, Food Standards Scotland

Mary Morgan, Chief Executive, NHS National Services Scotland

Chris Kerr, Corporate and Policy Director, Registers of Scotland

Lynne Raeside, Deputy Director of Policy and External Affairs, Scottish Funding Council

Jane Morrison-Ross, Chief Executive, South of Scotland Enterprise

Alison Irvine, Chief Executive, Transport Scotland

---

Paper 2. Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 - PSR - Note by the Clerk posted 06/01/2025 (Ref: FPA/S6/25/1/2, 2MB, pdf)

---