Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Scotland’s public finances
- public service reform
- the National Performance Framework
- public administration in government.
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Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @SP_FinancePAC
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Members
Members of the Finance and Public Administration Committee
Current Members
Kenneth Gibson
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Cunninghame North (Constituency)
Daniel Johnson
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Edinburgh Southern (Constituency)
Ross Greer
Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Douglas Lumsden
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
John Mason
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Shettleston (Constituency)
Liz Smith
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Michelle Thomson
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Falkirk East (Constituency)
Substitute Members
Fergus Ewing
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Inverness and Nairn (Constituency)
Jamie Halcro Johnston
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Colin Smyth
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Committee work
Current
Budget Scrutiny 2023-2024
Inquiry into Public Administration - Effective Scottish Government decision-making
Intergovernmental Relations - Finance and Written Agreements
Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland
Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review
Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums
Previous
Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: Post-legislative scrutiny of the 2013 Financial Memorandum
Framework for the Resource Spending Review
Medium Term Financial Strategy Review
Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19
Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Invitation to Chancellor of the Exchequer to give evidence of 7 February 2023
Letter from the Convener to the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 7 February 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24 report - Scottish Government response
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery to the Convener of 3 February 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Bill - Financial Memorandum
Letter from the Convener to the Convener of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee of 31 January 2023
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24, Budget (Scotland) (No 2) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Subordinate legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24, Correction
Reports
Committee reports
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's budget scrutiny for the year 2023-24.
A report on subordinate legislation considered by the Finance and Public Administration Committee on 17 January 2023.
Subordinate Legislation: The Budget (Scotland) Act 2022 Amendment Regulations 2023
A report on subordinate legislation considered by the Finance and Public Administration Committee on 22 November 2022.
Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
- 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
- any report made by a committee setting out proposals concerning public revenue or expenditure
- Budget Bills
- 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
- matters relating to public service reform and the National Performance Framework within the responsibilities of the Deputy First Minister and public administration.