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Finance and Public Administration Committee


Minutes: 24 February 2026

Tuesday, 24 February 2026

8th Meeting, 2026

Start time:10:01am
End time: 12:04pm
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Published: Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Minutes


1. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee took evidence on the Scottish Aggregates Tax (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2026 [draft] from—

Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance and Jonathan Waite, Aggregates Tax Bill Team Leader, Scottish Government.


2. Subordinate legislation:

Ivan McKee (Minister for Public Finance) moved—

S6M-20639—That the Finance and Public Administration Committee recommends that the Scottish Aggregates Tax (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.



The motion was agreed to.


3. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee took evidence on the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act (Interest on Unpaid Tax and Interest Rates in General) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/17) and the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act (Involved Third Party) Amendment Order 2026 (SSI 2026/18) from—

Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance, Scottish Government.

The Committee made no comment on the instruments.


4. Scottish Spending Review:

The Committee took evidence from—

Mirren Kelly, Chief Officer, Local Government Finance, COSLA;

Jack Gillespie, Interim Deputy Director of Finance, NHS Scotland;

Sarah Roughead, Chief Financial Officer, Police Scotland;

Tiffany Ritchie, Acting Director of Finance, Scottish Funding Council.


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