1. Declaration of interests

Alexander Stewart, Michael Marra and Carol Mochan will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

2. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—

• Tom Wernham
  Senior Research Economist
  Institute for Fiscal Studies
• David Phillips
  Associate Director
  Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Mairi Spowage
  Director
  Fraser of Allander Institute
• David Bell
  Professor of Economics
  University of Stirling

4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

The Committee will consider the evidence heard under item 3.