Question reference: S6W-02737
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 7 September 2021
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 September 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) new and (b) reconstituted working groups and taskforces it will establish as a result of its cooperation agreement with the Scottish Green Party.
Answer
The co-operation agreement between the Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party seeks to provide effective and responsible leadership in the interests of the people of Scotland.
A number of machinery of government changes are being made to reflect the agreement:
- The membership of the existing Cabinet Sub-Committee on Legislation will contain a minister from the Scottish Green Party.
- A Cabinet Sub-Committee on the Climate Emergency will be established.
- A working group will be established to oversee the development of effective, deliberative engagement on sources of local government funding, culminating in a citizens’ assembly.
- To support growth in Active Travel, a task group will be formed to plan the most effective route for the implementation of the 20 mph speed limit on all appropriate roads by 2025.
- The previous Ministerial Working Group on Food will be reinstated