leaders meeting to agree that these funds, to the checks being done right now to get the money out the door, it is being done at pace and money will start flowing to businesses in the days to come, and of course there will be more of it as we allocate the additional funds we have made available. 50. as we allocate the additional funds we have made available. so, nicola sturueon we have made available. so, nicola sturgeon still we have made available. so, nicola sturgeon still taking we have made available. so, nicola sturgeon still taking questions - sturgeon still taking questions there. this is a virtual session of holyrood, the scottish parliament, as you will gather, and this has been specially convened, in light of covid, and because we are running up to new year, to hogmanay, and the first minister again urging people to stay at home more than normal, and to limit the size of your indoor gatherings to know more than three households. a lot of talk about boosters as
The 5th of the 5th efjanuary. year period from the 5th of january. but we are not doing nothing in the meantime, the exemption scheme is important and is already helping in many key sectors and the changes i talk about today to ensure prioritisation for essential workers and access to testing will help further so there is no sense in which we are not taking this issue seriously but we are simply trying to avoid compounding the problem as we try to solve that problem. secondly, on financial support, the financial support available for businesses in scotland now is significantly higher proportionally thanit significantly higher proportionally than it certainly is in england, i can t say much for wales and northern ireland, it demonstrates the seriousness with which we are taking this on money is flowing and will flow to businesses as quickly as possible. from announcing it through to making the money available to councils, through to i thinkjust days before christmas, a