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Over the summer I have spoken to an awful lot of tourism businesses. They talked about the banks—I know that members have spoken about banks—and bank lending.
The thought of anyone having to go to a food bank for food, toiletries and essential period products remains unacceptable, and we have huge work to do to address wealth inequalities in our society.
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Date answered:
29 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to encourage high street and retail banks operating in Scotland to offer a free, basic bank account service.
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Date answered:
31 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to replace the role of the Bank of England in relation to banknotes issued by private Scottish banks in an independent Scotland.
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Date answered:
27 March 2018
The earliest date is likely to be towards the end of the summer period, however it may be more prudent to anticipate a late autumn 2018 opening date for project opening.
If it had not blown hundreds of millions of pounds on ferries, or if it had grown employment at the same rate as in the rest of the UK, we would have had 250,000 more jobs pre-Covid and far more cash in the bank to fund the extended relief. I turn to the restrictions and the effect that they have had on businesses.
This includes eight GP practices remaining opted-in providing out-of-hours cover from Monday to Thursday and the board covering weekends and public holidays. S4W-25258