Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 18 March 2021
18 Mar 2021 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Brexit (Economic Impacts)
Economy, Fair Work and Culture
Has the cabinet secretary noted that the Office for Budget Responsibility suggests that there will be a 4 per cent drop in productivity compared with the position if we had stayed in the European Union and a temporary reduction in the first quarter of this year of some 0.5 per cent of gross domestic product? Is it now absolutely vital that the UK Government provides additional funding to the Scottish Government so that we can support the businesses that the cabinet secretary has just referred to and the workers who are employed in them?
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