Portfolio Questions

Covid-19 Recovery and Parliamentary Business Tess White S6O-01676 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it has taken a decision regarding the extension of the temporary provisions in the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022. Sharon Dowey S6O-01677 2. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on the delivery of its Covid Recovery Strategy of the Auditor General's comments that it underspent its budget by £2 billion in the financial year 2021-22. Siobhian Brown S6O-01678 3. To ask the Scottish Government how the development of a Talent Attraction and Migration service will impact on the delivery of its Covid Recovery Strategy. Miles Briggs S6O-01679 4. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how any additional cost of living pressures will impact on the rebuilding of public services, as set out in its Covid Recovery Strategy, in particular public services in Edinburgh. Rachael Hamilton S6O-01680 5. To ask the Scottish Government what it considers to be reasonable grounds to postpone the passage of legislation through Parliament. Jim Fairlie S6O-01681 6. To ask the Scottish Government how its Covid Recovery Strategy considers the needs of rural communities. Maggie Chapman S6O-01682 7. To ask the Scottish Government how its policies across government will support disabled people living in the north east to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Paul Sweeney S6O-01683 8. To ask the Scottish Government what impact industrial action by public sector workers will have on the delivery of its Covid Recovery Strategy. Finance and the Economy Mercedes Villalba S6O-01684 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will incorporate the costed package of tax increases recommended in the Scottish Trades Union Congress-commissioned report, Options for increasing taxes in Scotland to fund investment in public services , into its 2023-24 budget. Gillian Mackay S6O-01685 2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the papers on taxation policy recently published by the Scottish Trades Union Congress and Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland. Willie Rennie S6O-01686 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on support for Liberty Steel Dalzell. Liam McArthur S6O-01687 4. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Orkney Islands Council regarding the Scottish Budget 2022-23 and what issues were discussed. Ruth Maguire 5. [Not Lodged] Alexander Stewart S6O-01689 6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its public consultation regarding the Scottish Aggregates Levy. Clare Adamson S6O-01690 7. To ask the Scottish Government how it will support innovation and entrepreneurship in Scotland’s digital economy, including its games sector. Graham Simpson S6O-01691 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comments from the Auditor General in his 2021/22 audit of the Scottish Government Consolidated Accounts that financial support for Burntisland Fabrications Limited, Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited, Prestwick Airport and the Lochaber Aluminium Smelter "has not delivered expected outcomes and is unlikely to achieve value for money".