Finance and Public Administration Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- Scotland’s public finances
- public service reform
- the National Performance Framework
- public administration in government.
Next meeting of the committee
Start time:
9:00am, Tuesday 03 February 2026
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Agenda:
- Subordinate legislation
- Subordinate legislation
- Subordinate legislation
- Subordinate legislation
- Subordinate legislation
- Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 (in private)
- Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum (in private)
- Work programme (in private)
Dates for future meetings
The Finance and Public Administration Committee usually meets weekly on Tuesdays.
Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
Current work
Budget (Scotland) (No. 5) Bill
Budget Scrutiny 2026-27
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill
Cost-effectiveness of Scottish public inquiries
Inquiry into the Scottish Government's Public Service Reform programme
Intergovernmental Relations: Finance and Written Agreements
Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27: Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures
Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums
Completed work
Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
Budget (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill
Budget (Scotland) (No. 3) Bill
Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill
Budget (Scotland) Bill
Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
Budget Scrutiny 2025-26
Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: Post-legislative scrutiny of the 2013 Financial Memorandum
Framework for the Resource Spending Review
Inquiry into Public Administration - Effective Scottish Government decision-making
Inquiry into the Scottish budget process in practice
Medium Term Financial Strategy Review
National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2022-23: Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24: Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: The Sustainability of Scotland's Finances
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: Managing Scotland's Public Finances: A Strategic Approach
Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland
Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review
The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Green Freeports Relief) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/Draft)
Correspondence
Correspondence
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 - Letter of 26 January 2026
26 January 2026
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government to the Convener, 26 January 2026
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill - Scottish Government information note
23 January 2026
Letter from the Minister for Public Finance to the Convener, 26 January 2026
Finance and Public Administration Committee
15 January 2026
Letter from the Minister for Public Finance to the Convener, 15 January 2026
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Budget Scrutiny 2026-27
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
National Performing Companies (Economic Impact), Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 (United Kingdom Context)
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Interests, Budget Scrutiny 2026-27, Subordinate Legislation
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 (United Kingdom Context)
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Budget Scrutiny 2026-27
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Revenue Scotland, Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Subordinate Legislation, Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Meeting date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Scottish Public Inquiries (Cost-effectiveness)
Reports
Committee reports
Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Finance (No.2) Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Published: 29 January 2026
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the legislative consent memorandum for the UK Finance (No.2) Bill.
Published: 19 January 2026
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Investment Zones Relieg) (Scotland) Order 2026 [draft]
Report on the Cost-effectiveness of Scottish Public Inquiries
Published: 21 December 2025
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's inquiry into the cost-effectiveness of Scottish public inquiries.
Committee Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
(a) any report or other document containing proposals for, or budgets of, public revenue or expenditure or proposals for the making of a Scottish rate resolution, taking into account any report or recommendations concerning such documents made by any other committee with power to consider such documents or any part of them;
(b) any report made by a committee setting out proposals concerning public revenue or expenditure;
(c) Budget Bills; and
(d) any other matter relating to or affecting the revenue or expenditure of the Scottish Administration or other monies payable into or expenditure payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund.
(e) matters relating to the National Performance Framework within the responsibilities of the Deputy First Minister, public service reform within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, and public administration.
Current Members
Kenneth Gibson
Convener
Scottish National Party
Michael Marra
Deputy Convener
Scottish Labour
Patrick Harvie
Member
Scottish Green Party
Craig Hoy
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
John Mason
Member
Independent
Liz Smith
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Michelle Thomson
Member
Scottish National Party
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members