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I take this opportunity to put on the record our thanks to Kaukab for her work, and I wish her well in her new role. Under our first agenda item, the committee is invited to choose a new convener.
The sub-committee’s final session took place yesterday, when we heard from the SPA’s new chair, Martyn Evans, and new chief executive, Lynn Brown, on its priorities for the future.
The Rwanda and Zambia main grants scheme is new, so it is being tried for the first time in a new way, and I have received some negative feedback on the handling of that one.
Once the Bill has been implemented, it has been calculated that it will cost £281,118.79 per annum to administer these new functions. Full details of the costs have been provided to the Scottish Government.