Pre-budget scrutiny – key themes and questions from initial NZET evidence sessions

Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson from the Convener, 28 October 2021

Dear Cabinet Secretary,

Pre-budget scrutiny – key themes and questions from initial NZET evidence sessions

The Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee agreed in June 2021 to take a “scene-setting” approach to evidence at the start of the session, hearing from key stakeholders across a range of policy areas to help the committee determine early priorities for its first work programme. This programme can be found at Annexe A.

The Committee also agreed to write a pre-budget letter to the Scottish Government, picking up on any budget-related issues to have arisen during this evidence, in advance of publication of the draft 2022-23 budget (expected on 9 December).

Emerging issues and questions based on the evidence heard to date are captured in Annexe B of this letter, and they are broken down across the following key headings:

• Funding and achieving Net Zero
• Adaptation funding and finance
• Circular economy
• Biodiversity and natural infrastructure
• SEPA cyberattack and public sector cybersecurity
• Scottish National Investment Bank and Enterprise Agencies
• Decarbonising heat in buildings
• Transport

On behalf of the Committee, we look forward to receiving a response to this letter as part of the budget process.

Yours sincerely,

Dean Lockhart MSP

Convener

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

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