Finance and Public Administration Committee

1. Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: UK context: The Committee will take evidence from— Richard Hughes, Chair, Professor David Miles CBE, Member, Budget Responsibility Committee, and Tom Josephs, Member, Budget Responsibility Committee, Office for Budget Responsibility. 2. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private): The Committee will take evidence from— Dr Alasdair Allan, Acting Minister for Climate Action, Debbie England, Project Lead – Marine Directorate, Jessica Malcolm, Consenting Section Lead – Marine Directorate, Gary Jones, Senior Finance Business Partner - Scottish Government Finance, and David Moffat, Lawyer – Scottish Government Legal Services Marine Renewables, Scottish Government. 3. Proposed Contingent Liability (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.