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Item 2 is correspondence from the Scottish Government on intergovernmental relations.
I will speak briefly just to inform members. The committee will recall that in its recent report on intergovernmental relations, recommendation 3 was that a new written agreement on parliamentary oversight of intergovernmental relations should be drawn up between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament.
Mr Swinney wrote to the committee on 15 December indicating his support in principle for a written agreement and offering his officials for initial discussions with parliamentary officials on such an agreement.
With the committee’s approval, I will be happy to take forward those initial discussions with Scottish Government officials to produce, perhaps, some drafts and to bring them back for the committee to look at formally. I am happy to have a conversation with any member prior to doing so to make sure that I fully understand the key things that members want to see in the written agreement before drafts are produced.
If no one wants to give a view, are we content with that approach?
Members indicated agreement.
I want to make sure that we all know that next week we will be taking further evidence on the fiscal framework, specifically on the aspects that concern welfare. We will also have an update on the Scotland Bill from other committees.
We now move into private session.
10:58 Meeting continued in private until 11:14.Previous
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