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Chamber and committees

Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee


Minutes: 13 November 2025

Thursday, 13 November 2025

29th Meeting, 2025

Start time:09:20am
End time: 11:15am
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Published: Thursday, 13 November 2025

Minutes


1. Legal mechanism for any independence referendum inquiry:

The Committee took evidence from—

Professor Adam Tomkins, John Millar Professor of Public Law, University of Glasgow;

Professor Stephen Tierney, Professor of Constitutional Theory, University of Edinburgh;

Professor Aileen McHarg, Professor of Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University.


2. Pre-Budget scrutiny 2026-27: funding for culture(In Private):

The Committee considered and agreed its Pre-Budget scrutiny 2026-27: funding for culture report. 


3. Work programme(In Private):

The Committee considered its work programme.


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