Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

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.