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Scottish ParliamentEducation, Culture and Sport CommitteeWednesday 10 January 2001(Morning) The Deputy Convener opened the meeting at 10:07 Good morning and happy new year. Welcome to the first meeting in 2001 of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee.
(S2F-2641)I wish the First Minister a happy new year. The next meeting of the Cabinet will discuss issues of importance to Scotland.I wish Nicola Sturgeon and you, Presiding Officer, a happy new year.
If we cast our minds back to the Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Bill, we will recall that it defines which shops will and will not be able to open.
One of the questions was how we would raise any form of levy; the new proposal exactly reflects the evidence that we have had from the huge number of responses.
The point is that money was budgeted for ILAs but was not used, because the new scheme is not in place. Coincidently, we have also received from the clerk a progress report on the introduction of the new ILA Scotland scheme.