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Therefore, those properties are rarely available for local authorities to buy. There should be a pre-emption for new right to buy sales that go through after the bill is passed whereby we—or housing associations—get the opportunity to buy properties back at market value for rent.
However, especially in the aftermath of Hilary Benn's visit to the Scottish Parliament last September—he was the first non-MSP to speak in the new chamber—the situation has changed.
People know what they should eat, but they do not eat it. They know what they should buy, but they do not buy it. They indicate that they are going to buy green goods, but they do not do it.
As a result, it should be argued that additional rates income is good news as it reflects new business start-ups and not any additional costs for existing businesses.Irrespective of Mr Monteith's arguments, we should acknowledge that a cut in non-domestic rates means a cut in public services.
In case SNP members did not hear what Elaine Thomson said, latest figures show that more than twice the number of sight tests are being carried out in the NHS in Scotland than were carried out a decade ago.