Mr. Tim Fenn:

If we had a blank page, we would rip it up and throw it out. We would start again and provide a simple form and grant aid structure that would be based on the total level of employment expenditure in a business. In fairness to the Departments that were involved, the scheme was developed over a weekend. Unfortunately, it has given rise to many hundreds of questions being submitted week after week by people trying to figure out how to use it. The scheme is unworkable but people are doing their best to work with it.

If it is not possible to change it and use a simpler form or measure, then we ask that it continue for the duration of the pandemic - and until such time as the impact of the virus has abated - and that a time limit not be applied to everybody. Our industry is going provide services for a period beyond those relating to other industries and during which we will be limited because of international travel restrictions and the safety measures that are properly required to make sure people are safe. We ask that the scheme continue until the impact of Covid-19 has abated and its-----