Remit
The Scottish Government published its Draft Budget 2016-17 on 16 December 2015. Read the document here:
Background information on the Scottish Parliament's budget scrutiny process can be found on the Finance Committee's webpage along with specific information about the budget process.
Evidence
The European and External Relations Committee wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs to provide the Committee with information before the Committee starts its consideration of the Scottish Government’s draft Budget 2016-17. Read the letter here:
Read the response from the Scottish Government:
Read the response from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs
Report to the Finance Committee
On January 27 2016, the committee wrote a letter to the Finance Committee in response to the Scottish Government's draft budget 2016-17. Read the letter here:
Read the Finance Committee's report here:
Scottish Government response to the Committee's report
The committee wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs in January 2016 on the European and External Affairs section of the draft budget. The Cabinet Secretary responded in February. Read the letters here: