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Chamber and committees

Finance and Public Administration Committee

The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:

Previous meetings of the committee

See all meetings of the committee

Work of the Committee

Work of the Committee: 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) (No. 5) Bill

Budget (Scotland) Bill

Budget Scrutiny 2022-23

Budget Scrutiny 2023-24

Budget Scrutiny 2024-25

Budget Scrutiny 2025-26

Budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill

Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: Post-legislative scrutiny of the 2013 Financial Memorandum

Cost-effectiveness of Scottish public inquiries

Framework for the Resource Spending Review

Inquiry into Public Administration - Effective Scottish Government decision-making

Inquiry into the Scottish Government's Public Service Reform programme

Inquiry into the Scottish budget process in practice

Intergovernmental Relations: Finance and Written Agreements

Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum

Legacy Report

McCloud remedy - scrutiny of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency

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

Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27: Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures

Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland

Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach

Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review

Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums

The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Green Freeports Relief) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/Draft)

Work of the Committee: Correspondence

Correspondence

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Ardrossan Harbour Provision of Cost Information

25 March 2026

Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport on Ardrossan Harbour, 25 March 2026

Finance and Public Administration Committee

McCloud Remedy - contingent decisions

25 March 2026

Letter from the Minister for Public Finance on the McCloud Remedy, 25 March 2026

Finance and Public Administration Committee

McCloud remedy scrutiny of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency - Update on Processes

25 March 2026

Letter from Stephen Pathirana, Chief Executive, Scottish Public Pensions Agency, 25 March 2026

Work of the Committee: Official Reports of meetings

Official Reports of meetings

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026

McCloud Remedy

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Scottish Spending Review and Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline 2026, Public Administration in the Scottish Government, Subordinate Legislation

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Scottish Fiscal Commission (Fiscal Sustainability), Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline 2026

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Subordinate Legislation, Scottish Spending Review

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Legacy Issues (Public Administration), Budget (Scotland) (No 5) Bill: Stage 2, Subordinate Legislation

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Legacy Issues (Finance), Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Subordinate Legislation

Finance and Public Administration Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Budget Scrutiny 2026-27, Scottish Fiscal Commission, Finance (No 2) Bill

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)

Work of the Committee: Reports

Committee reports

Legacy report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee, Session 6

Published: 19 March 2026

A legacy report of the Session 6 Finance and Public Administration Committee.

Annual Report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee 2025-26

Published: 18 March 2026

The annual report of the Finance and Public Administration Committee for the 2025-26 parliamentary year.

The Scottish Aggregates Tax (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2026

Published: 10 March 2026

A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Scottish Aggregates Tax (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2026.

Work of the Committee: Committee Remit

To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—

  1. 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;
  2. any report made by a committee setting out proposals concerning public revenue or expenditure;
  3. Budget Bills; and
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

Membership

Conveners
Kenneth Gibson, Scottish National Party (20 June 2023 to 8 April 2026)
John Mason, Scottish National Party (23 May 2023 to 19 June 2023)
Deputy Conveners
Daniel Johnson, Scottish Labour (22 June 2021 to 25 April 2023)
Michael Marra, Scottish Labour (2 May 2023 to 8 April 2026)
Members
Keith Brown, Scottish National Party (17 May 2023 to 14 June 2023)
Ross Greer, Scottish Green Party (8 September 2021 to 17 December 2025)
Jamie Halcro Johnston, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (29 June 2023 to 10 October 2024)
Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green Party (17 December 2025 to 8 April 2026)
Craig Hoy, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (10 October 2024 to 8 April 2026)
Douglas Lumsden, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (17 June 2021 to 29 June 2023)
Liz Smith, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (17 June 2021 to 8 April 2026)
Michelle Thomson, Scottish National Party (17 June 2021 to 8 April 2026)
Substitute Members
Alasdair Allan, Scottish National Party (8 September 2021 to 31 March 2022)
Fergus Ewing, Scottish National Party (31 March 2022 to 27 April 2023)
Murdo Fraser, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (29 June 2023 to 8 April 2026)
Gordon MacDonald, Scottish National Party (29 June 2023 to 16 November 2023)
Gillian Mackay, Scottish Green Party (29 November 2023 to 22 May 2024)
Audrey Nicoll, Scottish National Party (16 November 2023 to 8 April 2026)
Colin Smyth, Scottish Labour (22 September 2021 to 25 April 2023)
Tess White, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (8 September 2021 to 22 September 2021)