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(S6F-03100) The Scottish Government is committed to implementation of the report “Pathways: A New Approach for Women in Entrepreneurship”, which looks at how support for women in entrepreneurship can best be delivered and addresses the barriers that they continue to face.
The independent living fund, which supports disabled people, will reopen to new applicants after receiving a £9 million investment as part of the 2024-25 Scottish budget, and will support around 1,000 new applicants.
Does the cabinet secretary agree that the new definition threatens rather than strengthens democracy, and that only through building cohesive and inclusive communities can we tackle the threat of extremism?
The cabinet secretary will know that new co-operatives are more than twice as likely to survive as other start-ups are and that co-operatives are five times less likely to cease trading than other businesses, so what is the Scottish Government going to do to increase awareness of co-operative business models for potential new businesses?
(S6O-02995) The Scottish Government agreed to adopt the United Kingdom Government’s new model in order to bring in the much-needed biosecurity controls on imported goods.
(S6O-02972) The speech set out measures for effective industrial policy in an independent Scotland, including a programme of targeted investment through the building a new Scotland fund. Modelling shows that a fund of an equivalent scale to the proposed building a new Scotland fund would have both a short-term demand...
The teaching slavery in schools programme has been designed to support educators who are committed to developing new and sensitive approaches to an inclusive curriculum.
At face value, I am not convinced that there is a gap, but we will look at the experience of New South Wales, and I am more than happy to discuss the detail with Ms McNeill if she wishes.