Support for the Bill
Describing the Bill as “close to our hearts”, Robin McAlpine of Common Weal said he would have preferred to see more emphasis on “working with local authorities housing associations and others” and that in some places—
…the bill implies slightly more than I would have liked that the bank will be just an SME bank...iOR, 7 May, Col 29
Identifying where the emphasis lay in its developmental work, Bennie Higgins said—
The bank will work on the origination in relation to the mission-related projects, while SMEs will be covered by the existing agencies…iiOR, 7 May, Col 5
He had been “delighted” by the “very broad support” for the Bank “across the political spectrum and the Scottish economy’s ecosystem”.