Finance and Constitution Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 & 4 in private. 2. Trade Bill (UK Parliament Legislation): The Committee will take evidence from— Graham Fisher, Legal Directorate, Luke McBratney, Constitution and UK Relations Division, and Stephen Sadler, Trade Policy Team, Scottish Government; and then from— Dr Billy Melo-Araujo, Lecturer, School of Law, Queens University Belfast; Professor Andrew Lang, Chair in International Law and Global Governance, Edinburgh University; Professor Michael Keating, Director, ESRC Centre for Constitutional Change; Professor Sangeeta Khorana, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Bournemouth University. 3. Written Agreement on the Budget process: The Committee will consider a revised draft written agreement on the Budget process between the Committee and the Scottish Government. 4. Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Relief from Additional Amount) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider a draft report on the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Relief from Additional Amount) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.