Minutes: 07 June 2022

1. Work programme (in private):

The Committee considered and agreed its work programme.

2. Annual report (in private):

The Committee considered and agreed its annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2021 to 12 May 2022.

3. Scotland's Economic and Fiscal Forecasts - May 2022, Resource Spending Review and Medium-Term Financial Strategy:

The Committee took evidence from—

Dame Susan Rice DBE, Chair, Professor Francis Breedon, Commissioner, Professor David Ulph, Commissioner, and John Ireland, Chief Executive, Scottish Fiscal Commission;

and then from—

Kate Forbes, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, and Gary Gillespie, Chief Economist, Scottish Government.