31 October 2014
Draft Budget takes us no closer to sustainable transport
Transform Scotland has submitted its
evidence to the Scottish Parliament's transport committee on the Scottish Government's 2015-16 Draft Budget.
In the evidence paper, Transform Scotland notes:
- The Scottish Government is failing to make progress against its three National Indicators.
- The Draft Budget 2015-16 is counter-productive in tackling these trends.
- There should be a separate budget line for Active Travel in the Budget.
- There needs to be more progress in tackling the road maintenance backlog.
Transform Scotland also notes its concerns over the Budget scrutiny process, stating:
"We wish to make it clear to the Committee that we are increasingly concerned at what we see as a dysfunctional Budget scrutiny process. Every year we submit evidence to the Committee, and most years we are pleased to see that the Committee has taken on board a number of our recommendations. However, the fact that the Finance Committee has never to our knowledge responded to any of the recommendations raised by the ICI Committee suggests to us a scrutiny process that is manifestly broken."