Almost a year after the low-emission zone came into force in Glasgow, 40 per cent of the council’s vehicles have failed to comply with the regulations. Given that Glasgow City Council is struggling to comply with the scheme, what support will be given to hard-working Scots and businesses in other locations? Is this simply a war against motorists?

I am delighted to speak this evening, and I congratulate my colleague Alexander Burnett on securing this members’ business debate.

As we have heard, Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected ticks. Unfortunately, more and more cases of Lyme disease are being reported across Scotland. As we know, diagnosis and treatment of the disease can be difficult and complex due to the varying symptoms. Those include fatigue and flu-like symptoms, as well as the telltale bull’s-eye rash. Lyme disease is becoming much more prevalent across parts of Scotland, as we have heard, and I have, in the past, supported awareness of the disease.

I was recently reminded of that when I attended the Lyme disease awareness event in the Parliament, at which I had the privilege to meet Pauline Bowie, a school teacher, from the Lyme Resource Centre. Pauline was bitten while she was a university student back in the late 1980s, but it took decades for her Lyme disease to be diagnosed. She experienced extreme pain and discomfort, as well as other symptoms, before it was diagnosed.

One of the biggest issues that we still face in Scotland is that diagnosis is still not being processed properly. We in the Parliament need to commit to playing our part, but we also need to ensure that the Government plays its part to ensure that detection and diagnosis are seen as priorities, as that has sometimes been a problem in the past.

The Lyme Resource Centre’s registered office is in Kinghorn, in my Mid Scotland and Fife region. It operates virtually, so the charity’s excellent services are accessible easily online. The charity is run by a number of trustees, volunteers and clinical advisers, who are there to support individuals and who give their time freely and voluntarily to help in that regard. I whole-heartedly commend their tireless work and the work that Pauline and her colleagues are doing, because it reinforces our commitment to do all that we can to raise awareness of the disease.

One aspect of tick growth is the lack of bracken control. We have already heard and acknowledged that the Scottish Government has not authorised the use of Asulox for that purpose, which has created, and continues to create, some difficulties. Among others, NFU Scotland has talked highly of that product, and it is really disappointed that the Government has banned the use of Asulox, because the NFU sees it as an opportunity to deal positively with what we recognise is happening on the hillside. Without that, it is possible that there will be major issues for farmers and crofters, and for health, in many communities in Scotland. It is vital that we assess that decision and look at the possibilities. I hope that the minister will, in summing up, comment on what is being done and what we can achieve.

We are absolutely aware of where we are with Lyme disease. As we have heard, it is spreading not just in Scotland but in other parts of the world, where other countries are trying to manage detection more effectively. I look forward to hearing from the minister what will take place in Scotland, because it is important that we check the growth of the tick population.

As I said, I very much hope that the minister can commit to evaluating and elaborating on what will take place, because it is what happens now that is important. We know what has happened in the past, but we need to ensure that the disease is managed effectively in the future. At present, that seems not to be the case, as Alexander Burnett discussed. We also need to talk about funding issues, which need to be managed to ensure that the funding matches what we want to take forward. How we deal with those issues will be paramount, and I look forward to hearing from the minister on that.

Is there more need for public participation in some of that? Government and industry have a role, but could we talk about creating a bigger role for a group or a focus to which we could bring people from different parts of society? It has a bigger impact on them as a nation; they do not seem to be part of the solution, but they can be looked on as a problem. Giving more potential for such public participation—creating some kind of opportunity—might be a way forward to dealing with some of that balance.

Thank you. Time is tight, so I am happy to leave it there.

Good morning. You have touched on the sizes of the businesses that seem to manage to co-ordinate and cope. You have indicated, as others have done in the past, that larger businesses manage to cope much better in these scenarios, because they have the means to do so. Smaller businesses have had much bigger challenges, and some have chosen not to continue with the process as a result.

We have talked about some of the existing common frameworks, and you have touched on the data that you have collected and collated. It would be useful to get a flavour of how you see the situation progressing for businesses as a whole. Your scenarios and case studies provide us with examples of what has happened and what might happen in the future, depending on how things go. The data that you collect will give us a much better understanding of how things are progressing and a road map to ensure that we manage to collate information in the future. It would be useful to hear from you on where you see things going.

There is no doubt that the outcomes are linked, and there is a strong commitment to having that. We understand the complexities of the wellbeing economy and fair work. We need to balance good international trade and the relationships that we want to have, while, at the same time, supporting existing industry and sectors that we have and ensuring that we avoid potential harm to them.

You touched on the climate action outcome, which is vital, because we want to have a good global impact and to be seen as a global leader. Although we want to maximise what we are trying to achieve, actions to reduce climate can have harmful aspects in the world. We touched on the fact that many targets have been met but many have not been met. Many of those targets have been removed, changed, cancelled or dropped.

When we are thinking about being balanced and positive and making real progress, how can we as a nation produce the image that we want? At times, that image has been tarnished because of our deeds and our actions to date. It is about trying to balance that by ensuring that we can be taken seriously. We have not always managed to receive and attain what we should, but it is about making sure that we have that positivity, that balance and that practice. It would be good to get a view from you on that. I will start with you, Ms Davies.

You have identified possibilities that could be problematic for some sectors. You also said that if the data is not complete, so that we do not have a complete picture, that might give a skewed view as to how things will go in future.

It has been interesting to see that businesses have been resilient. In some of the areas that you have explored they have adapted so that they can progress towards what they see the future holding. However, there is no doubt that we are not sure what the end of the journey will be, depending on where we take this. If we do not have all the data packages for the future, then it becomes even harder to analyse how successful some sectors have been or how difficult they have found it to cope, depending on the information that you have to hand.

Oxfam has strong, well-documented views on some of those areas. What should we be looking at to find that balance and make that progress?

To ask the Scottish Government how it can ensure that the public has confidence in the arts and culture sector. (S6O-03424)

The new Deputy First Minister recently said:

“The economic choices we make now, this year, will determine whether Scotland reaps the benefits for decades to come or forever laments the missed opportunities.”

However, we are hearing no mention of arts and culture. Will the new Cabinet be one of continuity or will we finally see tangible support for an industry that is worth billions and supports tens of thousands of jobs?