Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private and whether consideration of its report on the Draft Budget 2017-18 should be taken in private at a future meeting. 2. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2017-18: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2017-18 from— Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, Mike Baxter, Director Finance, Transport Scotland, Colin Cook, Director - Digital, Jo O'Hara, Head of Forestry Commission Scotland, and Simon Hodge, Chief Executive, Forest Enterprise Scotland, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— The Road Traffic (Permitted Parking Area and Special Parking Area) (East Lothian Council) Designation Order 2016 (SSI 2016/407); The Parking Attendants (Wearing of Uniforms) (East Lothian Council Parking Area) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/408); The Road Traffic (Parking Adjudicators) (East Lothian Council) Regulations 2016 (SS1 2016/409) 4. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2017-18: The Committee will reflect on the evidence it has heard on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2017-18.