The committee will meet at 9:15am at Committee Room 6 and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.
1. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private.
The Committee will decide whether its consideration of the following items should be taken in private at its next meeting:
- Consideration of a draft letter on pre-budget scrutiny;
- Consideration of an approach paper for a Screen Scotland inquiry;
- Consideration of a draft response to the Senedd's Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee inquiry into its inter-institutional relations agreement;
- Consideration of its approach to devolution oversight and an initial draft oversight report.
2. Pre-Budget scrutiny – evidence: The Committee will take evidence as part of its scrutiny preceding the Scottish Government’s Budget 2027-28 from—
- Iain Munro, Chief Executive, Alastair Evans, Director of Strategy, and Martin McGoldrick, Chief Operating Officer, Creative Scotland;
and then from—
- Màiri McAllan, Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic and Jamie MacDougall, Deputy Director, Culture and Historic Environment, Scottish Government.
3. Pre-Budget scrutiny – evidence review: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
4. Pre-Budget scrutiny – letter recommendations: The Committee will consider recommendations to include in its letter on its culture scrutiny preceding the Scottish Government’s Budget 2027-28.
5. Pre-Budget scrutiny – letter:
The Committee will consider draft letters on its international development and external affairs scrutiny preceding the Scottish Government’s Budget 2027-28.
For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee at [email protected].
