Covid-19: Public Inquiry

Part of Scotland – in the House of Commons at on 23 June 2021.

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Photo of Iain Stewart Iain Stewart The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

The hon. Lady raises a very fair point. This Government have provided unprecedented levels of support to people and businesses in Scotland. Some of that comes through UK-wide schemes such as furlough, but other money goes as a fund to the Scottish Government for them to distribute, and there are serious questions about whether that money has been used in the most effective way and gone to the people for whom it was intended. I very much hope that will be part of the remit of this inquiry.