The Scottish Budget - The Committee is currently scrutinising the Scottish Government's Budget for 2009-10.  Please follow the links below for information on the 2009-10 process and the process in general.

• Finance Committee - scrutiny of the Scottish Budget 2009-10
• Finance Committee - the Budget Process

Review of the Budget Process - The Committee is currently undertaking a review of the parliamentary budget process.  Please follow the link below for the dedicated homepage for the review.

• Finance Committee - Review of the Budget Process

Inquiry into the funding of capital investment projects - The Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into the methods of funding capital investment projects. Please follow the link below to the homepage for the inquiry.

• Finance Committee - inquiry into the funding of capital investment projects

Scrutiny of Financial Memoranda - The Committee considers the financial implications of all legislation, through the scrutiny of Financial Memoranda. Please follow the link below for an outline of the Committee's three-level framework of scrutiny and details of all bills currently under consideration.

• Finance Committee - scrutiny of Financial Memoranda

Further information can be found on the Current Business page.

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Next Meeting: 28th Meeting, Tuesday 25 November 2008

• Papers 28 (154KB pdf first posted 21.11.2008)

The Committee will meet at 2.00 pm in Committee Room 1.

1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether its consideration of a draft report on the 2009-10 budget process at this meeting and future meetings should be taken in private and whether its consideration of a draft report on the Financial Memorandum of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Bill should be taken in private at a future meeting. The Committee will also decide whether its consideration of a proposed contingent liability should be taken in private at its next meeting.

2. Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Financial Memorandum of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Bill from—

Bob Irvine, Head of Water, Air, Soils & Flooding and Water Industry Divisions, David Reid, Head of Finance Programme Management Division, and Judith Tracey, Head of Flooding Policy Team, Scottish Government.

3. Inquiry into the methods of funding capital investment projects (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.

4. Budget process 2009-10 (Stage 2): The Committee will consider a draft report on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2009-10.

Last Meeting: 27th Meeting, Tuesday 18 November 2008

• Papers 27 (1.59MB pdf first posted 14.11.2008)
• Minute of Proceedings of Meeting 18 November 2008
• Official Report of Meeting 18 November 2008

Previous Meetings

Recent Committee Reports:

• 20 November 2008 Report on the Financial Memorandum of the Health Boards (Membership and Elections) (Scotland) Bill
• 12 November 2008 5th Report 2008: The draft Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Order 2008
• 29 October 2008 4th Report 2008: Report on the Financial Memorandum of the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Bill
• 1 October 2008 Report on the Financial Memorandum of the Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Bill
• 9 June 3rd Report 2008: Annual Report 2007-08
• 6 May 2008 Report on the Financial Memorandum of the Creative Scotland Bill
• 26 February 2008 2nd Report 2008: Subordinate Legislation

Previous Reports.