Letter to the Convener from the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, about the 2022/23 Scottish Government draft budget, 3 December 2021
Dear Finlay,
Thank you for the letter dated 4 November 2021 setting out the Committee’s approach to budget scrutiny over Session 6. I acknowledge your point that the Committee is newly established and will be adopting a full-year approach to scrutiny. Thank you for including the summary work programme outlining Committee priorities for the session that you have provided.
In response to the questions raised by Committee:
The Committee will also want to be aware that the Scottish Budget document will contain a pre-budget scrutiny chapter which will highlight the main points made by the Parliament’s Committees in their pre-budget scrutiny reports.
I look forward to continuing my engagement with the Committee throughout the 2022-23 Scottish Budget process.
Yours sincerely,
Mairi Gougeon
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee
Letter from the Convener to the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, in relation to the 2022/23 Scottish Government draft budget on 4 November 2021