Portfolio Questions

Finance, Economy and Fair Work

Emma Harper S5O-04087
1. To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be on Dumfries and Galloway Council of the UK Government’s decision to publish its Budget on the same day that local authorities in Scotland must legally set their rates of council tax.

Fulton MacGregor S5O-04088
2. To ask the Scottish Government how it supports small businesses in Coatbridge and Chryston.

Johann Lamont S5O-04089
3. To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has had from Glasgow City Council regarding local government funding.

Dean Lockhart S5O-04090
4. To ask the Scottish Government what the cumulative percentage divergence has been between total GDP growth in the Scottish and UK economies since May 2007.

Jamie Greene S5O-04091
5. To ask the Scottish Government how much time and money it plans to spend producing an alternative to the GERS figures.

Angela Constance S5O-04092
6. To ask the Scottish Government how it supports jobs, business and economic growth in West Lothian.

Jenny Gilruth S5O-04093
7. To ask the Scottish Government how it supports inclusive growth in the Mid Fife and Glenrothes constituency.

Alexander Stewart S5O-04094
8. To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue has been raised by the Large Business Supplement since 2016.


Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform

Bill Kidd S5O-04095
1. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to encourage representation from countries in the global south when Scotland hosts COP26.

Willie Coffey S5O-04096
2. To ask the Scottish Government what the greatest challenges are in Scotland in tackling the climate emergency.

Richard Lyle S5O-04097
3. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with food and drink manufacturers regarding their use of plastic packaging.

Mark Ruskell S5O-04098
4. To ask the Scottish Government when the environment secretary last met communities living near the natural gas and ethylene plants at Mossmorran.

Claudia Beamish S5O-04099
5. To ask the Scottish Government how rural communities can be supported socially, economically and environmentally by a more robust deer management system designed in the public interest.

Jamie Halcro Johnston S5O-04100
6. To ask the Scottish Government how it supports local authorities in tackling fly tipping.

Mike Rumbles S5O-04101
7. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to regulate deer numbers.

Lewis Macdonald S5O-04102
8. To ask the Scottish Government what new provision it plans to put in place to support biodiversity projects when access to EU-LIFE funding is no longer available.