Good afternoon. The first item of business is portfolio question time. We start with questions on Covid-19 recovery and parliamentary business. I remind members that questions 1 and 3 are grouped...

1. To ask the Scottish Government how it is measuring progress on its Covid recovery strategy commitment to improve financial security for low-income households. (S6O-01772)

3. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a new report by the Resolution Foundation stating that the average household will be £2,100 worse off by the end of next financial year, how...

2. To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Parliamentary Business plans to propose the scheduling of time to consider legislation to end sex buyers’ legal impunity as part...

4. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that rising inflation could have on its ability to deliver on the priority outcomes set out in the Covid recovery...

6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its Covid recovery strategy in light of rising Covid-19 infection rates. (S6O-01777)

7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its longer-term, cross-Government plan for Covid-19 recovery. (S6O-01778)

8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what Government business it plans to bring forward for the current parliamentary year. (S6O-01779)

The Deputy Presiding Officer: We move to the next portfolio, which is finance and the economy. I encourage members who wish to ask a supplementary to press their request-to-speak buttons during...

1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide all hospitality businesses with 75 per cent business rates relief in 2023-24. (S6O-01780)

2. I apologise for arriving during the session. To ask the Scottish Government whether it has fully considered the economic consequences of its presumption against new oil and gas exploration,...

3. To ask the Scottish Government what the continuing impact of Brexit is on Scotland’s key economic sectors. (S6O-01782)

4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any investment arising from the Tay cities deal. (S6O-01783)

5. To ask the Scottish Government how it takes the complexity of human behaviour into account during financial policy decision making. (S6O-01784)

6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its response to the announcement from Amazon that it is to close its Gourock site. (S6O-01785)

7. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comments by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce regarding the budget 2023-24 that it represents “a clear disadvantage for...

8. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to support businesses in key sectors of Glasgow’s economy. (S6O-01787)

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-07538, in the name of Jackie Baillie, on addressing the crisis in the national health service and social care. I invite members who wish to...

The next item of business is a statement by John Swinney on the Scottish and United Kingdom Governments’ selection of green freeports. The cabinet secretary will take questions at the end...

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-07557, in the name of George Adam, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme. Motion moved, That...

There are up to three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Humza Yousaf is agreed to, the amendment in the name of...