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Our first and only agenda item is to take evidence as part of our budget scrutiny on the culture spending portfolio for 2025-26. That follows the committee’s pre-budget scrutiny last year and the publication of the proposed budget in December.
As we said, we will do that analysis, while being mindful that this committee and the various committees across the Parliament will have the opportunity to go through the pre-budget and post-budget scrutiny process to support their understanding.
If I recall correctly, the last time that we met was in May, when we were in the pre-election period, which might have constrained aspects of what I could say.
Members indicated agreement.Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26 Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26 Our next item is an evidence session with the Scottish National Investment Bank and Scottish Enterprise.
We should remember that that was also the pre-election period. There would have been issues around Scottish Government officials’ involvement in a number of forums because of the pre-election guidance and so on.