Budget (Scotland) (No 4) Bill: Stage 1

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 27 February 2020.

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Photo of Patrick Harvie Patrick Harvie Green

I am grateful to the Finance and Constitution Committee’s convener for giving way. Does he agree that another strong theme in the evidence that the committee took from a wide range of sources is that uncertainties are made worse because of the order in which we are doing things—having to pass a Scottish budget before the UK budget has been passed? Does he agree that the witnesses that we have heard from will find it unacceptable if we are forced into that situation in the context of next year’s budgetary constraints?