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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 18 September 2025
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Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

Minister, you spoke about the equality and human rights budget advisory group. What progress has been made against the group’s recommendations?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

Has the equality data improvement programme been improving outcomes? Where are we with that?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

Maggie?

Apologies, but I did not hear what you said.

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

I will kick off our questions and witnesses should indicate whether they want to come in and answer anything, as should members who have questions or want to ask supplementaries about anything that has been said.

What aspirations did you, as stakeholders, have for the Scottish Government’s progress towards taking a human rights budgeting approach over the course of this session of Parliament? Have those aspirations been met?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

Good morning and welcome to the 18th meeting of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee in 2025, session 6. We have apologies today from Rhoda Grant.

Our first agenda item is to agree to take agenda items 5 and 6 in private. Agenda item 5 is consideration of a work programme paper and item 6 will be consideration of the evidence that is taken by the committee during pre-budget scrutiny today. Do members agree to take those agenda items in private?

Members indicated agreement.

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

Thank you.

That brings us to the close of this evidence session. I thank everyone for their participation; it has been valuable for the committee in undertaking our scrutiny of human rights budgeting. We have a lot of information to take away. I thank the cabinet secretary and the minister for giving your time to enable us to do our accountability work on the issue. We will be in touch with the committee’s recommendations.

We now go into private to discuss the remaining items on our agenda.

12:09 Meeting continued in private until 12:53.  

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

We will move to questions from Tess White.

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

Sara Cowan would like to come in.

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

We move to questions from Marie McNair, please.

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Pre-budget Scrutiny 2026-27

Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Karen Adam

Thank you very much. That brings our evidence taking from our first panel to a conclusion, and I thank everybody for their participation this morning.

We will suspend briefly for a changeover of witnesses.

10:32 Meeting suspended.  

10:37 On resuming—