Portfolio Questions

Covid-19 Recovery and Parliamentary Business Claire Baker S6O-01772 1. To ask the Scottish Government how it is measuring progress on its Covid Recovery Strategy commitment to improve financial security for low-income households. Bill Kidd S6O-01773 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Parliamentary Business plans to propose the scheduling of time to consider legislation to end sex buyers' legal impunity as part of the business for the current parliamentary year. Marie McNair S6O-01774 3. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a new report by the Resolution Foundation stating that the average household will be £2,100 worse off by the end of next financial year, how ministers across government are working to prioritise support for low-income households, as set out in its Covid Recovery Strategy. Natalie Don S6O-01775 4. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that rising inflation could have on its ability to deliver on the priority outcomes set out in the Covid Recovery Strategy. Stuart McMillan 5. [Not Lodged] Katy Clark S6O-01777 6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its Covid Recovery Strategy in light of rising COVID-19 infection rates. Annabelle Ewing S6O-01778 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its longer-term, cross-government plan for COVID-19 recovery. Donald Cameron S6O-01779 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what government business it plans to bring forward for the current parliamentary year. Finance and the Economy Annie Wells S6O-01780 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide all hospitality businesses with 75% business rates relief in 2023-24. Sandesh Gulhane S6O-01781 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it has fully considered the economic consequences of its presumption against new oil and gas exploration, both to workers within the industry and to the wider Scottish economy as a whole. Fiona Hyslop S6O-01782 3. To ask the Scottish Government what the continuing impact of Brexit is on Scotland’s key economic sectors. Joe FitzPatrick S6O-01783 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any investment arising from the Tay Cities Deal. Michelle Thomson S6O-01784 5. To ask the Scottish Government how it takes the complexity of human behaviour into account during financial policy decision making. Neil Bibby S6O-01785 6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its response to the announcement from Amazon that it is to close its Gourock site. Jamie Halcro Johnston S6O-01786 7. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comments by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce regarding the Budget 2023-24 that it represents “a clear disadvantage for Scotland’s businesses and workers”. Pam Duncan-Glancy S6O-01787 8. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to support businesses in key sectors of Glasgow's economy.