Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Scotland’s public finances
- public service reform
- the National Performance Framework
- public administration in government.
Next meeting
18th Meeting, 2024
Agenda: Public administration in government, Scotland's Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach, Work programme
09:30am, 21 May 2024
TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
Get in touch
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Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
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Members
Members of the Finance and Public Administration Committee
Current Members
Kenneth Gibson
Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Cunninghame North (Constituency)
Michael Marra
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
Ross Greer
Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: West Scotland (Region)
Jamie Halcro Johnston
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
John Mason
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Glasgow Shettleston (Constituency)
Liz Smith
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Michelle Thomson
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Falkirk East (Constituency)
Substitute Members
Murdo Fraser
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Daniel Johnson
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Edinburgh Southern (Constituency)
Gillian Mackay
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Audrey Nicoll
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Constituency)
Committee work
Current
Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Public Service Reform programme
Intergovernmental Relations - Finance and Written Agreements
Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes
Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach
Scrutiny of Financial Memorandums
Previous
Budget Scrutiny 2022-23
Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25
Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: Post-legislative scrutiny of the 2013 Financial Memorandum
Framework for the Resource Spending Review
Inquiry into Public Administration - Effective Scottish Government decision-making
Medium Term Financial Strategy Review
National Performance Framework: Ambitions into Action
Replacing EU Structural Funds in Scotland
Scotland's public finances in 2022-23 and the impact of COVID-19
Scotland's public finances in 2023-24: the impact of the cost of living and public service reform
Scottish Fiscal Framework: Independent Report and Review
The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Green Freeports Relief) (Scotland) Order 2023 (SSI 2023/Draft)
The Sustainability of Scotland's Finances
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scottish Languages Bill Financial Memorandum - Letter of 17 May 2024
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic to the Convener of 17 May 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Public administration - Scottish Government Continuous Improvement Programme - Letter of 17 May 2024
Letter from the Director-General Corporate, Scottish Government to the Convener of 17 May 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Public administration - Scottish Government Scheme of Delegation - Letter of 17 May 2024
Letter from the Director-General Corporate, Scottish Government to the Convener of 17 May 2024
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape, Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape
Meeting date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum, Scottish Fiscal Commission (Report on Climate Change and Fiscal Sustainability)
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Interests, Subordinate Legislation, Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Budget Scrutiny 2024-25, Budget (Scotland) (No 3) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Subordinate Legislation, Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
Meeting date: Thursday, January 25, 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
Reports
Committee reports
Stage 1 report on the Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1.
Subordinate Legislation: The Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft]
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2024 [draft]
Report on the Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/60)
A report on the Finance and Public Administration Committee's consideration of the Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/60)
Remit
To consider and report on the following (and any additional matter added under Rule 6.1.5A)—
(a) any report or other document containing proposals for, or budgets of, public revenue or expenditure or proposals for the making of a Scottish rate resolution, taking into account any report or recommendations concerning such documents made by any other committee with power to consider such documents or any part of them;
(b) any report made by a committee setting out proposals concerning public revenue or expenditure;
(c) Budget Bills; and
(d) any other matter relating to or affecting the revenue or expenditure of the Scottish Administration or other monies payable into or expenditure payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund.
(e) matters relating to public service reform and the National Performance Framework within the responsibilities of the Deputy First Minister and public administration.
2. The Committee may also consider and, where it sees fit, report to the Parliament on the timetable for the Stages of Budget Bills and on the handling of financial business.
3. In these Rules, “public expenditure” means expenditure of the Scottish Administration, other expenditure payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund and any other expenditure met out of taxes, charges and other public revenue."