Item 3 is to consider a response from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth to the committee's review of the budget process. In particular, this is a follow-up on the issue of the new financial scrutiny unit's access to information. I invite members' comments on the letter.
It is a helpful reply, although I wonder whether I am reading it correctly because, although it seems that the Government is going to consider its response further, we have been given no indication of when it is likely to come back to us. That is not a criticism; I just wonder whether we could get clarification on when that will happen.
I take your point. We can contact the minister and ask for that. We will keep a watching brief until we get the promised response. If there are no other comments, are members content to delegate authority to officials to liaise with Scottish Government officials on taking forward the various outstanding issues?
Members indicated agreement.