G OVERNMENT T RANSPARENCY AND C OMMITTEE S CRUTINY ................................................................................ 1 Committee Scrutiny ...................................................................................................................................... 1 Budget Transparency ................................................................................................................................... 2 Net Zero Budgeting ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Role of Government ..................................................................................................................................... 4 V ERITY H OUSE A GREEMENT ............................................................................................................................... 6 Government Accountability ........................................................................................................................... 6 Child Poverty ................................................................................................................................................ 7 P ROGRAMME FOR G OVERNMENT ........................................................................................................................ 8 Scottish National Investment Bank ............................................................................................................... 8 Economy and Taxation ............................................................................................................................... 10 European Union Law (Alignment)............................................................................................................... 12 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ............................................................................... 13 Behaviour in Schools .................................................................................................................................. 14 The Promise ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Child Poverty (Childcare Expansion) .......................................................................................................... 15 Online Child Exploitation ............................................................................................................................ 16 Proposed Agriculture Bill ............................................................................................................................ 17 Health and Social Care (Winter Planning) .................................................................................................. 18 Drug Harm .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Proposed Judicial Factors Bill .................................................................................................................... 21 Asylum Seekers (Concessionary Bus Travel) ............................................................................................ 23 Culture (Funding) ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Rent Control ................................................................................................................................................ 25 Children in Temporary Accommodation ..................................................................................................... 26 Public Sector Reform .................................................................................................................................. 26 Delivery of Manifesto Commitments in Devolved Administrations (Role of Civil Servants) ....................... 27 Education Reform ....................................................................................................................................... 28 Consultants (Non-disclosure Agreements) ................................................................................................. 29 Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd ......................................................................................................... 30 Tackling Poverty ......................................................................................................................................... 30 CONVENERS GROUP C ONVENER *Liam McArthur (The Deputy Presiding Officer) C OMMITTEE MEMBERS *Clare Adamson (Convener, Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee) *Claire Baker (Convener, Economy and Fair Work Committee) *Ariane Burgess (Convener, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee) *Jackson Carlaw (Convener, Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee) *Finlay Carson (Convener, Rural Affairs and Islands Committee) *Kenneth Gibson (Convener, Finance and Public Administration Committee) *Clare Haughey (Convener, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee) *Richard Leonard (Convener, Public Audit Committee) *John Mason (Convener, Finance and Public Administration Committee) *Stuart McMillan (Convener, Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee) *Edward Mountain (Convener, Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee) *Audrey Nicoll (Convener, Criminal Justice Committee) *Collette Stevenson (Convener, Social Justice and Social Security Committee) *Kaukab Stewart (Convener, Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee) *Sue Webber (Convener, Education, Children and Young People Committee)) *Martin Whitfield (Convener, Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee) *attended T HE FOLLOWING ALSO PARTICIPATED : The First Minister (Humza Yousaf) C LERK TO THE COMMITTEE Irene Fleming L...