What's On

The committee will meet at 9:00am at TG.60-CR3 The Fleming Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in private.

2. Adult Disability Payment: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Miriam Craven, Director-General Communities, Stephen Kerr, Director, Social Security, and Kevin Stevens, Head of Strategic and Programme Finance, Social Security, Scottish Government.

• David Wallace, Chief Executive and Helen Fogarty, Head of Performance, Analysis and Strategy, Social Security Scotland.

3. Scotland's colleges 2025: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland.

• Derek Hoy, Senior Manager and Ray Buist, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.

4. Scotland's colleges 2025: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 3 and take further evidence from—

• Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland.

• Derek Hoy, Senior Manager and Ray Buist, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland.

5. Adult Disability Payment: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from—

• Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland.

• Carole Grant, Audit Director, Audit Scotland.

6. Adult Disability Payment: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda items 2 and 5 and agree any further action it wishes to take.

7. Scotland's colleges 2025: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda items 3 and 4 and agree any further action it wishes to take.

8. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Katrina Venters at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Bill Barron, Crofting Bill Team Advisor, James Hamilton, Lawyer, and Michael Nugent, Bill Team Leader, Head of Crofting Policy, Scottish Government;

and then from—

• Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Martin Brown, Solicitor, and Nicola Wilson, Head of Civil Courts and Inquiries, Scottish Government.

2. Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Mark Ruskell, Member in charge of the Bill, Liz Anderson, Assistant Clerk, Non-Government Bills Unit, Alison Fraser, Solicitor, Legal Services, and Nick Hawthorne, Senior Clerk, Non-Government Bills Unit, Scottish Parliament.

3. Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

4. Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Emma Johnston on 85225 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:15am at TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.

2. Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Daniel Johnson, Member in Charge of the Bill, Roz Thomson, Principal Clerk, Head of Non-Government Bills Unit, and Caroline Mair, Solicitor, Legal Services, Scottish Parliament.

3. Evidence Session: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026 - 2027: The Committee will consider a draft letter on its Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2026 - 2027.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Pauline McIntyre on 85252 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.

2. Emergency cardiac and stroke care thematic evidence session: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Jenni Minto, Minister for Public Health and Women's Health, Kylie Barclay, Senior Policy Manager, Long Term Conditions Policy, Martin Macdonald, Stroke Senior Policy Manager, Long Term Conditions Policy, and Will Wood, Unit Head, Long Term Conditions Policy, Scottish Government.

3. Consideration of continued petitions:

The Committee will consider the following continued petition—

PE1876: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape

The Committee will take evidence from—

Chief Constable Jo Farrell and Deputy Chief Constable Alan Speirs (Professionalism and Enabling Services), Police Scotland

and then consider—

PE2028: Extend the concessionary bus travel scheme to include people seeking asylum in Scotland;

PE2074: Increase local government funding to help protect the vulnerable elderly population and prevent the closure of care homes;

PE2085: Introduce a statutory definition of residency for Fatal Accident Inquiries into the deaths of Scots abroad;

PE2087: Pass a law making exercising a dog in a cemetery an offence; and

PE2133: Expand ScotRail’s Inter7City routes to include Dunfermline.

4. Consideration of new petitions:

The Committee will consider the following new petitions—

PE2178: Introduce mandatory latex labelling for food products sold in Scotland;

PE2181: Remove teachers’ ability to backdate and alter school records; and

PE2182: Review the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act and introduce a minimum sentence for severe offences.

5. Consideration of evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda items 2 and 3.

6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Jyoti Chandola on 85227 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Inquiry into the harm caused by substance misuse in Scottish Prisons: (In Private) The Committee will consider a draft report.

2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will, not before 10:45am, take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—

• John Logue, Crown Agent and Chief Executive and Yvette Greener, Chief Operating Officer, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service;

• Malcolm Graham, Chief Executive, Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service;

and then from—

• Stuart Stevens, Chief Officer, Andy Watt, Deputy Chief Officer, and Sarah O'Donnell, Deputy Chief Officer (Corporate Services), Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.

3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Stephen Imrie on 85931 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. The economic potential of artificial intelligence: The Committee will take evidence from—

• Steven Grier, Industry Advisor.

• Professor Mark Schaffer, Professor of Economics, Heriot Watt University, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

• Heather Thomson, Chief Executive Officer, The Data Lab.

2. Evidence Session: (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 1.

3. Work programme: (In Private) The Committee will consider its work programme.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Anne Peat on 85182 or at [email protected]