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The points about wider resilience are legitimate and important, and I give a commitment that we will review all of that in light of the incident and will consider what other steps may be required. I undertake to keep the member updated about that work.
In the light of Professor Ross Brown’s warnings on 23 May that the Scottish National Investment Bank will continue to flounder and will ultimately fail if its missions remain so broad and incoherent, will the Scottish Government commit to providing the bank with a clear mission to drive high-value-added industrial growth in advanced manufacturing in Scottis...
I am also interested in any comments that the cabinet secretary may have in response to third sector organisations and professional bodies that have recently raised further concerns for those they represent who are in a high-risk health group or working environment about the impact that the end to asymptomatic testing will have on their health and wellbeing...
The instrument adds an individual seeking to provide accommodation to a Ukrainian national who has left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion and any other person aged over 16 also residing on the premises that are to be used for the accommodation as two further categories of individuals to whom an exempted question may be asked for the purpose of...
Cost of Living Consequentials To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be on the Scottish budget, in light of reports that United Kingdom Government funding consequentials relating to the cost of living may not be provided in addition to provisional allocations.
Another is an 89-year-old lady, who should be on the home-bound booster vaccination list but has been struggling to get an appointment. We believe that there may be hundreds of similar people in North Ayrshire who are in the same boat.
Local authorities have a duty to promote the entitlements that they administer, including council tax reduction, and they have a statutory responsibility under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 to provide continuing care to eligible care leavers. Gillian Mackay may ask a succinct supplementary. Please give a succinct answer, minister.
We are also about to see the UK Government make the biggest overnight cut to social security since the 1930s, when it takes away the £20 per week uplift to universal credit. It may be something that Alex Rowley and I have to disagree on—he can explain that to his constituents.
As per my entry in the register of members’ interests, I am a councillor at South Ayrshire Council and, until I resigned on 7 May, I was a part-time caseworker for Allan Dorans, the member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock.