Supported Business

As an amendment to motion S4M-11332 in the name of Fergus Ewing (Supported Business), insert at end "; notes the importance of public procurement in sustaining supported businesses; notes the slow progress of public authorities to award contracts to supported businesses, and requests an amendment to the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 requiring all 118 public authorities in Scotland to award at least one contract to a supported business".