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As has been mentioned, Aberdeen chamber of commerce and the city traders association have acknowledged that the western peripheral route will help to promote a new corridor of investment and development.
However, housing the stone in Scone Palace would be of little value to the local economy if plans that are being promoted by Perth and Kinross Council to construct a new road bridge over the Tay at Scone are allowed to proceed.
There has been a steady year-on-year increase since before the millennium, and the latest in-year collection rate is now 93.3 per cent, which is up from 92.7 per cent last year.
The single pension would be higher by £26 a week if the Tories had not broken that link—or if new Labour had restored it—so we will not be taking any lessons from the Tories on pensions.
The Law Society's evidence says that it supports a systematic approach to the review of new legislation. It would like a statutory requirement for new legislation to be reviewed after, say, five years.
I thank the First Minister for his answer and wish him a good new year. Does he agree that Edinburgh's hogmanay celebrations make an enormous contribution to the promotion of Scotland across the globe?