I hope that the Committee finds this response helpful. Yours sincerely, Ivan McKee MSP Minister for Public Finance Copy to: Presiding Officer, Alison Johnstone MSP Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans, Graeme Dey MSP Convenor of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, Ariane Burgess MSP Convenor of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Edward Mountain MSP Party Business Mangers: Tim Eagle MSP; Martin Whitfield MSP; Lorna Slater MSP; and Willie Rennie MSP Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.