Meetings

6th Meeting, 2026

23 September 2026

1. Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28: Affordability and sustainability of Scotland's tax and spending plans
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• Mary Beattie
  Head of Finance
  Aberdeenshire Council
• Lorraine O'Hagan
  Head of Finance
  South Lanarkshire Council
• Councillor Kelly Parry
  Resources Spokesperson
  COSLA
• Sarah Fortune
  CIPFA Directors of Finance
• David Robertson
  Solace
• Ashley Campbell
  Policy and Practice Manager
  Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland
• John Dickie
  Director
  Child Poverty Action Group Scotland
• Karen Hedge
  Deputy Chief Executive Officer
  Scottish Care
• Jason Henderson
  Policy and Public Affairs Officer
  Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
• Michael Kellet
  Director of Strategy, Governance and Performance
  Public Health Scotland
• Claire McPherson
  Director
  Universities Scotland
• Dave Moxham
  Deputy General Secretary
  Scottish Trades Union Congress
• Sarah Roughead
  Chief Financial Officer
  Police Scotland
• Andy Witty
  Director of Strategic Policy and Corporate Governance
  Colleges Scotland
2. Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28: Affordability and sustainability of Scotland's tax and spending plans – review of evidence (in private)

This is all meetings of Finance and Public Administration Committee held in 2026. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

5th Meeting

16 September

1. Pre-budget scrutiny 2027-28: Affordability and sustainability of Scotland's tax and spending plans
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• Sandy Begbie
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Financial Enterprise
• Colin Borland
  Scotland Director
  Federation of Small Businesses
and then from:
• Juan-Pedro Castro
  Economist
  Future Economy Scotland
• Sara Cowan
  Member
  Tax Justice Scotland
• Joanne Walker
  Technical Officer, Low Incomes Tax Reform Group
  Chartered Institute of Taxation
2. Pre-budget scrutiny 2027-28: Affordability and sustainability of Scotland's tax and spending plans (in private)

4th Meeting

09 September

1. Decisions on taking business in private
2. Pre-budget Scrutiny 2027-28: Affordability and sustainability of Scotland's tax and spending plans
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• Professor David Bell
  Professor of Economics
  University of Stirling
• Dr João Sousa
  Senior Research Economist
  Institute for Fiscal Studies
and then from:
• Stephen Boyd
  Director
  Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Scotland
• Professor Jim Gallagher
  RSE Trustee and Chair of the RSE Audit and Risk Committee
  Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Alison Payne
  Research Director
  Enlighten
3. Pre-budget scrutiny 2027-28: Affordability and sustainability of Scotland's tax and spending plans
4. Work programme (in private)

3rd Meeting

02 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Fiscal Commission's Fiscal Update 2026 and other recent publications
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• Professor Graeme Roy
  Chair
  Scottish Fiscal Commission
• Dr Eleanor Ryan
  Commissioner
  Scottish Fiscal Commission
• Claire Murdoch
  Head of Fiscal Sustainability and Public Spending
  Scottish Fiscal Commission
• David Stone
  Head of Economy and Income Tax
  Scottish Fiscal Commission
3. Work programme

2nd Meeting

24 June

1. Work programme (in private)

1st Meeting

17 June

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Deputy Convener
3. Decision on taking business in private
4. Work programme