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Chamber and committees

Finance and Public Administration Committee


Agenda: 28 October 2025

Tuesday, 28 October 2025

28th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 09:00am
Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Agenda items:

  1. Cost-effectiveness of Scottish public inquiries
  2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27: Responding to long-term fiscal pressures (in private)
  3. Work programme (in private)

Agenda published: Friday, 24 October 2025 10:03am

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Cost-effectiveness of Scottish public inquiries

The Committee will take evidence from—

  • Professor Carl Dahlström
    Professor of Political Science
    University of Gothenburg
  • Dr Scott Prasser
    Public Policy Consultant and Commentator
  • and then from:

  • Wendy McGuinness
    Chief Executive, the McGuinness Institute

2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026-27: Responding to long-term fiscal pressures (in private)

The Committee will consider draft reports on its pre-budget scrutiny 2026-27 and its fact-finding visit to Lithuania.

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


3. Work programme (in private)

The Committee will consider its work programme.

Papers for this item:

2 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item