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The pooling and risk sharing come through common unemployment benefits, for example. If the whole UK moves into recession, people in Scotland who become unemployed go on to common unemployment benefits, which are a shared resource across the UK.
Nevertheless, we will be more than pleased if Opposition members confirm their support for a referendum when Labour's recession ends.No? I didn't think so. Recession is just another excuse.
Why do people see in the papers this morning only spin and counter-spin, when the Governments should be adopting a united front to tackling the recession? When will our First Minister change how we go about doing business?
We could recommend that to the Health and Sport Committee if it, too, is holding an away day during the recess. That is probably the view of the committee as a whole.
Scottish Snooker raises concerns that the sector has previously been told by the Scottish Government that these issues would be looked at and, to date, no changes appear to have been made.
Although the petitioner does not believe that the current coronavirus measures should be a factor, as the first possible date that a ban could be brought into force is on new year’s day 2022, he welcomes the submission from the minister as he believes that it endorses the action called for in the petition.