Question reference: S6W-24399
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 9 January 2024
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 January 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23840 by Mairi Gougeon on 22 December 2023, regarding the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022, for what reason it was unable to begin the consultation process in sufficient time to allow the draft Plan to be implemented within the original timeframe.
Answer
Writing the national Good Food Nation Plan required an extensive internal drafting process, co-ordinating input from across multiple areas of government. This is the first iteration of the Plan and so there was a large amount of feedback on the initial draft, which we had to carefully consider and incorporate.
It is our intention to publish the draft national Good Food Nation Plan for consultation shortly.