Portfolio Questions

Finance

Mark Ruskell S5O-04817
1. To ask the Scottish Government what changes to taxation it can make to address the reported widening inequality between small retail businesses and large corporations as a result of COVID-19.

Stewart Stevenson S5O-04818
2. To ask the Scottish Government what its latest engagement has been with the UK Government regarding the funding provided to support the economic recovery from COVID-19.

Iain Gray S5O-04819
3. To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to the Strategic Framework Business Fund.

Willie Rennie S5O-04820
4. To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it can give to businesses that face an increase in their non-domestic rates because they have invested in renewable energy and decarbonisation.

James Dornan S5O-04821
5. To ask the Scottish Government what its latest engagement has been with the UK Government regarding plans to replace EU funding.

Liz Smith S5O-04822
6. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with local authorities regarding their future funding settlements.

Miles Briggs S5O-04823
7. To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it plans to allocate to projects in Lothian that will help support people and jobs.

Jamie Halcro Johnston S5O-04824
8. To ask the Scottish Government what additional funding it has made available to its enterprise agencies, which have been supporting economic recovery during the pandemic.