The Bill requires the Scottish Ministers and certain public bodies (referred to in the Bill as ‘relevant authorities’) to create Good Food Nation Plans.
The relevant authorities identified in the Bill are health boards and local authorities (or councils). Other public bodies may be required to produce plans in the future.
As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).
Read the FM for this Bill: Financial Memorandum.
The call for views on the Bill's FM closed on 17 December 2021.
The Committee received 5 submissions to the call for views. Read the submissions received on Citizen Space.
The Committee has agreed to forward the submissions received to the Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee as part of that Committee's consideration of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill and take no further action.