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The UK spending review that will take place later this month will give us only a provisional and partial picture ahead of the fuller information that will appear in the delayed UK Government budget, for which we still do not have a date. I want to be clear that the UK Government’s spending review is not the same as its budget, so we will have to set our bu...
As I mentioned, we are supporting the sector with up to £487 million to date to ensure that services keep running while physical distancing is advised.
We are keen to restart construction, but only if it is done safely. Good progress has been made to date and work by the industry to develop the necessary new procedures is progressing well.
Scientific Advice (Publication) The First Minister might be aware of a letter of 18 May from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee to the Prime Minister, which outlines the lessons learned to date in the Covid-19 pandemic. Recommendation 2 is that there should be more transparency in the scientific advice provided to Government and that a s...
The committee also considers the reasons for breaches of the 28-day rule, which in this case are set out in a letter to the Presiding Officer that is dated 4 May 2020. The letter explains that the Scottish Government breached the 28-day rule in order to bring the instrument into force on the same day as the Release of Prisoners (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regu...
The Scottish Government’s reasons for the breach are set out in a letter to the Presiding Officer that is dated 22 April 2020. The letter explains that, at present, 30 April is the deadline for considering placing requests that were made before 15 March.
Basic payments for 2018 started on 19 March, and more than 14,300 payments, worth £289.8 million, have been made to date. We are on track to deliver pillar 1 and pillar 2 payments in line with the schedule that was published in December last year.
I agree with Stewart Stevenson that it would be helpful to be kept up to date. In addition, I would like to comment on the letter of 3 January from the Minister for Rural Affairs and Natural Environment and—as I did in the previous session—draw attention to the fact that, although the arrangement as described is satisfactory, it is a very poor substitute fo...