The Stage 1 Debate by MSPS on the annual budget bill was due to takeplace on Wednesday.
Committee convenor Andrew Welsh MSP said, 'This UK Spending Review hasgiven us the lowest percentage growth rate since the Scottish Parliamentwas established. We are also dealing with a new government, a new budgetand a new relationship with local government. It is against thisbackdrop that the finance committee has been scrutinising thegovernment's spending proposals.'
Responding to the committee's report, Labour finance spokesperson IanGrey accused the Conservatives and the Scottish National Party of a'right-wing alliance' to vote against amendments to safeguard vulnerablepeople and invest in Scotland's future.
He said, 'The truth is that the Tories and the SNP don't care aboutincreasing modern apprenticeships and expanded vocational education inschools for young Scots, nursery places for vulnerable two-year-olds,additional support for children with special needs and the renewal oftown centres.'
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