Portfolio Questions

Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Annie Wells S5O-00639 1. To ask the Scottish Government how it measures economic performance. Ben Macpherson S5O-00640 2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to assist marine energy developers. Bill Bowman S5O-00641 3. To ask the Scottish Government what support it can offer the employees of NCR in Dundee who are facing potential redundancy. Graeme Dey S5O-00642 4. To ask the Scottish Government how Angus will benefit from the Tay Cities Deal. Mark Ruskell S5O-00643 5. [Not Lodged] Anas Sarwar S5O-00644 6. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recently published report, Export Statistics Scotland 2015. Fulton MacGregor S5O-00645 7. [Not Lodged] John Mason S5O-00646 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee's report on the economic impact of leaving the EU. John Lamont S5O-00647 9. To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time staff the new enterprise agency for the south of Scotland will have, and whether it will have an office and be overseen by its own board in that region. Claudia Beamish S5O-00648 10. To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to identify economic gender inequality. Finance and the Constitution Daniel Johnson S5O-00649 1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to support businesses that will see their non-domestic rates bills increase from April 2017. Kenneth Gibson S5O-00650 2. To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding it will provide to North Ayrshire Council in 2017-18 to improve educational attainment. Jenny Marra S5O-00651 3. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on waiving debt that is owed to it by public bodies in financial crisis. Monica Lennon S5O-00652 4. To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution last spoke with the Scottish Fiscal Commission. Ruth Maguire S5O-00653 5. To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses will receive support from the expansion of the small business bonus scheme. Richard Lochhead S5O-00654 6. To ask the Scottish Government how rural deprivation is taken into account in its funding allocations. Gil Paterson S5O-00655 7. To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the impact on Scotland of the UK Government changing its budget timescale. Stuart McMillan S5O-00656 8. To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution last met Inverclyde Council. Kate Forbes S5O-00657 9. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its tax incremental financing scheme. Jackson Carlaw S5O-00658 10. To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Prestwick airport is to receive loans of £40 million three years earlier than initially forecast, as reported by Audit Scotland.