Scottish Parliament
Business includes:
- Time for Reflection: Bill Kay, Writer and Broadcaster
- Scottish Government Debate: Reducing the Cost of the School Day for Low Income Families
- Committee Announcements
- Decision Time
- Members’ Business – S6M-03062 David Torrance: MS Awareness Week 2022
UK Parliament
Business includes:
- Oral questions (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
- General debate (Ukraine)
- Oral questions (Current state of food security in the UK as a result of the war in Ukraine)
- Oral evidence of the International Trade Committee (UK trade negotiations: Agreement with Australia)
- Oral evidence of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (Post-pandemic economic growth: State Aid and Post Brexit Competition Policy)
- Oral evidence of the Economic Affairs Committee (UK energy supply and investment)
Aberdeen City Council
Business includes a meeting of the Risk, Audit and Performance Committee and a meeting of the Licensing Board.
Aberdeenshire Council
Business includes a meeting of the Formartine Area Committee, a meeting of the Garioch Area Committee and a meeting of the Kincardine and Mearns Area Committee.
News/consultations/funding
- Online Sales Tax consultation – this is an open consultation, exploring the proposal for an online sales tax (OST) as a means to rebalance the taxation of the retail sector between online and in-store retail. More information can be found here.
- Reminder, UK Seafood Fund Infrastructure Scheme – the fund is open to application from anyone involved in fishing, processing or aquaculture in Aberdeenshire. Match funding is required and the percentage will vary depending on your organisation type. More information can be found here.
- Deadline extended (closes Wednesday, 27th of April) – Aberdeen City Council Place Based Investment Fund. The fund aims to support community led regeneration, town centre revitalisation, community wealth building and 20-minute neighbourhoods. More information can be found here.