All meetings of the committee

All meetings of the Finance and Public Administration Committee held in 2024. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

36th Meeting

17 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2025-26
2. Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

35th Meeting

10 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 and Scottish Fiscal Commission's Economic and Fiscal Forecasts - December 2024
2. Work programme (in private)

34th Meeting

03 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: UK context

33rd Meeting

26 November

1. Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: UK context
2. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)
3. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)

32nd Meeting

19 November

1. Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum
2. Revenue Scotland: annual evidence session
3. Work programme (in private)

31st Meeting

12 November

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

30th Meeting

05 November

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland's Public Finances: A Strategic Approach (in private)

29th Meeting

29 October

1. Declaration of interests
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Work programme (in private)

28th Meeting

08 October

1. Pre-budget scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland's Public Finances: A Strategic Approach
2. National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes

27th Meeting

01 October

1. Pre-budget scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland's Finances: A Strategic Approach
2. National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes

26th Meeting

17 September

1. Pre-budget scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland's Public Finances: A Strategic Approach
2. National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes
3. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

25th Meeting

10 September

1. Pre-budget scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland's Public Finances: A Strategic Approach
2. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)
3. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)

24th Meeting

03 September

1. Scottish Fiscal Commission's Fiscal Update, Forecast Evaluation Report and Statement of Data Needs, August 2024
2. Work programme (in private)
3. Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach (in private)

23rd Meeting

25 June

1. Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
2. Work programme (in private)

22nd Meeting

18 June

1. Work programme (in private)

21st Meeting

11 June

1. Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
2. Work programme (in private)

20th Meeting

04 June

1. Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
2. Work programme (in private)

19th Meeting

28 May

1. Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
2. Work programme (in private)
3. Annual report (in private)

18th Meeting

21 May

1. Public administration in government
2. Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
3. Work programme (in private)

17th Meeting

14 May

1. Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
2. Work programme (in private)

16th Meeting

07 May

1. Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
2. Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum

15th Meeting

30 April

1. Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
2. Work programme (in private)

14th Meeting

23 April

1. Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

13th Meeting

16 April

1. Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach

12th Meeting

26 March

1. Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum
2. Scottish Fiscal Commission: Fiscal Sustainability Perspectives: Climate Change
3. Work programme (in private)

11th Meeting

19 March

1. Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
2. Work programme (in private)

10th Meeting

12 March

1. Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill

9th Meeting

05 March

1. Work programme (in private)
2. Declaration of interests
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Subordinate legislation
7. Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill

8th Meeting

20 February

1. Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
2. Budget (Scotland) (No. 3) Bill
3. Work programme (in private)

7th Meeting

06 February

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum
4. Work programme (in private)

6th Meeting

30 January

1. Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

25 January

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum
2. Work programme (in private)

4th Meeting

23 January

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum
2. Work programme (in private)

3rd Meeting

18 January

1. Replacing EU structural funds in Scotland

2nd Meeting

16 January

1. Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
2. Work programme (in private)

1st Meeting

09 January

1. Budget Scrutiny 2024-25

All meetings of the Finance and Public Administration Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

34th Meeting

20 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 and Scottish Fiscal Commission's December 2023 Economic and Fiscal Forecasts
2. Scottish Fiscal Commission: annual evidence session

33rd Meeting

12 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: UK context
2. Work programme (in private)

32nd Meeting

05 December

1. Revenue Scotland: annual evidence session
2. Work programme (in private)

31st Meeting

28 November

1. Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum (in private)

30th Meeting

21 November

1. Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent report and review
2. Work programme (in private)

29th Meeting

14 November

1. Scottish Fiscal Framework: independent report and review
2. Scottish Fiscal Framework: Value Added Tax assignment in Scotland
3. Work programme (in private)

28th Meeting

07 November

1. Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Work programme (in private)

27th Meeting

31 October

1. The sustainability of Scotland's finances (in private)

26th Meeting

24 October

1. Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
2. Work programme (in private)

25th Meeting

03 October

1. The sustainability of Scotland's finances
2. Work programme (in private)

24th Meeting

26 September

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum
2. The sustainability of Scotland's finances
3. Work programme (in private)

23rd Meeting

19 September

1. The sustainability of Scotland's finances
2. Work programme (in private)

22nd Meeting

12 September

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Scottish Government's public service reform programme
4. Work programme (in private)

21st Meeting

05 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Scottish Fiscal Commission's Forecast Evaluation Report and Paper on Productivity and Fiscal Sustainability, both published on 29 August 2023
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Work programme (in private)

20th Meeting

27 June

1. Scottish Government's public service reform programme
2. Work programme (in private)

19th Meeting

20 June

1. Choice of Convener
2. Scottish Government's public service reform programme
3. Work programme (in private)
4. Public administration - effective Scottish Government decision-making (in private)

18th Meeting

13 June

1. Medium-Term Financial Strategy and Economic and Fiscal Forecasts May 2023 and the Deputy First Minister's priorities under the First Minister's policy prospectus
2. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)
3. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

17th Meeting

06 June

1. Economic and Fiscal Outlook May 2023 and Medium-Term Financial Strategy
2. Scottish Government's public service reform programme
3. Work programme (in private)

16th Meeting

30 May

1. Scottish Government's public service reform programme
2. Work programme (in private)
3. Annual report (in private)

15th Meeting

23 May

1. Choice of Convener
2. Scottish Government's public service reform programme
3. Work programme (in private)

14th Meeting

16 May

1. Public administration - effective Scottish Government decision-making
2. Public administration in government
3. Work programme (in private)

13th Meeting

09 May

1. Public administration - effective Scottish Government decision-making
2. Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill Financial Memorandum
3. Work programme (in private)

12th Meeting

02 May

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Deputy Convener
3. Public administration - effective Scottish Government decision-making
4. Work programme (in private)

11th Meeting

25 April

1. Declaration of interests
2. Public administration - effective Scottish Government decision-making
3. Work programme (in private)

10th Meeting

18 April

1. Public administration - effective Scottish Government decision-making
2. Work programme (in private)

9th Meeting

28 March

1. Public administration - effective Scottish Government decision-making
2. Scottish Fiscal Commission's Fiscal Sustainability Report

8th Meeting

14 March

1. Public administration - effective Scottish Government decision-making
2. Work programme (in private)

7th Meeting

07 March

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Work programme (in private)

6th Meeting

21 February

1. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

07 February

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
2. Budget (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill
3. Work programme (in private)

4th Meeting

31 January

1. Work programme (in private)

3rd Meeting

24 January

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24 (in private)

2nd Meeting

17 January

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Work programme (in private)

1st Meeting

10 January

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24

All meetings of the Finance and Public Administration Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

34th Meeting

20 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
2. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24

33rd Meeting

13 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24: UK context
2. Work programme (in private)

32nd Meeting

06 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24: UK context
2. Work programme (in private)

31st Meeting

29 November

1. Work programme (in private)
2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum (in private)

30th Meeting

22 November

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Scottish Government's Continuous Improvement Programme and updated complaints policy
4. Work programme (in private)

29th Meeting

15 November

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum (in private)
2. Work programme (in private)

28th Meeting

08 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
3. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum

27th Meeting

01 November

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
2. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)
3. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)
4. Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform (in private)
5. Work programme (in private)

26th Meeting

25 October

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
2. Work programme (in private)

25th Meeting

04 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
3. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Financial Memorandum for the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill
4. Work programme (in private)

24th Meeting

27 September

1. Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
2. National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

23rd Meeting

20 September

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform

22nd Meeting

06 September

1. Scottish Fiscal Commission August 2022 publications
2. Work programme (in private)
3. Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review (in private)

21st Meeting

28 June

1. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Financial Memorandum for the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill
2. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)
3. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

20th Meeting

21 June

1. Post-legislative scrutiny of the Financial Memorandum for the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill
2. Work programme (in private)

19th Meeting

14 June

1. Work programme (in private)

18th Meeting

07 June

1. Scotland's Economic and Fiscal Forecasts - May 2022, Resource Spending Review and Medium-Term Financial Strategy
2. Work programme (in private)
3. Annual report (in private)

17th Meeting

31 May

1. National Performance Framework: ambitions into action
2. Skills Development Scotland: trends behind the income tax forecasts
3. Work programme (in private)
4. Annual report (in private)

16th Meeting

24 May

1. National Performance Framework: ambitions into action

15th Meeting

17 May

1. National Performance Framework: ambitions into action
2. SPCB Budget: Scottish Parliament's website
3. Work programme (in private)

14th Meeting

03 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Appointments to the Scottish Fiscal Commission
3. Public administration in the Scottish Government
4. Appointments to the Scottish Fiscal Commission
5. Work programme (in private)

13th Meeting

26 April

1. Scottish Government's continuous improvement programme
2. Skills Development Scotland: trends behind the income tax forecasts
3. Work programme (in private)

12th Meeting

29 March

1. National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
2. Work programme (in private)

11th Meeting

22 March

1. Scottish Government's Framework for Tax 2021
2. Resource Spending Review Framework (in private)

10th Meeting

15 March

1. Environmental fiscal measures for Scotland
2. Work programme (in private)

9th Meeting

08 March

1. Resource Spending Review Framework
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Work programme (in private)

8th Meeting

01 March

1. Resource Spending Review Framework

7th Meeting

24 February

1. Replacing EU structural funds in Scotland

6th Meeting

22 February

1. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

08 February

1. Work programme (in private)

4th Meeting

01 February

1. Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
2. Budget (Scotland) Bill

3rd Meeting

25 January

1. Implementation plan progress and updated complaints procedure
2. Work programme (in private)

2nd Meeting

18 January

1. Budget Scrutiny 2022-23 (in private)

1st Meeting

11 January

1. Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report
2. Work programme (in private)

All meetings of the Finance and Public Administration Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and videos of meetings.

15th Meeting

21 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2022-23

14th Meeting

14 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2022-23

13th Meeting

07 December

1. Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
2. Work programme (in private)

12th Meeting

30 November

1. Public service reform and the Christie Commission
2. Work programme (in private)

11th Meeting

16 November

1. Work programme (in private)

10th Meeting

09 November

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Public service reform and the Christie Commission

9th Meeting

02 November

1. Pre-budget scrutiny: Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19 (in private)

8th Meeting

26 October

1. Work programme (in private)

7th Meeting

05 October

1. Pre-budget scrutiny: Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19
2. Work programme (in private)

6th Meeting

28 September

1. Tracking the impact of COVID-19 on Scotland's public finances
2. Work programme (in private)

5th Meeting

21 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. National performance framework

4th Meeting

14 September

1. Declaration of interests
2. Pre-budget scrutiny: Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19

3rd Meeting

07 September

1. Pre-budget scrutiny: Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19
2. Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament working group to improve budget information on climate change
3. Work programme (in private)

2nd Meeting

31 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Fiscal Commission: Scotland's Economic and Fiscal Forecasts - August 2021
3. Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy
4. Work programme

1st Meeting

22 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Choice of Deputy Convener
4. Decision on taking business in private and Work programme