Finance and Constitution Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private. The Committee will decide whether to consider a draft of its Report on Draft Budget 2017-18 in private at future meetings. 2. Draft Budget 2017-18: The Committee will take evidence on the expenditure proposals in the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2017-18 from — Derek Mackay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, Graham Owenson, Head of Local Government Finance, Scott Mackay, Deputy Director for Financial Programme Management, and Andrew Watson, Deputy Director for Financial Strategy, Scottish Government. 3. Draft Budget 2017-18: The Committee will ask the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution questions on Draft Budget 2017-18 provided by members of the public via Twitter .