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Mrs Thomson will be aware that we have to follow a super-affirmative process, which is what Parliament agreed when the hate crime legislation was passed.
Unless polluters pay, communities will be worse off and the super-rich will keep getting richer. So that we can invest now—not only to save money later but to create green jobs and opportunities that will benefit Scotland—will the First Minister support policies to tax polluters?
On delivering the benefits of a complete land register, that is why we have gone for saying that functional completion benefits people who want to transact. It means that their land is on the land register and that it is a dealing with whole when they want to transact.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of homeless people who are hospitalised each year who (a) die while receiving treatment and (b) are unable to be discharged due to concerns regarding their welfare.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to improve the end-of-life experience for those dying in poverty, in light of the finding of Marie Curie that 8,200 people die in poverty in Scotland every year.
On the Scottish national investment bank, how much of the £2 billion is financial transactions money and have you had confirmation that financial transactions money will continue beyond 2021?
These issues can contribute to an environment in which Care Experienced people die at a younger age than the average. • Barriers to setting up bank accounts, applying for a Care Experienced bursary, and not applying for Council Tax exemption are made difficult due to having to prove Care Experienced status. • Who Cares?
Good morning to you, convener, and to the committee. The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2024 provides for amendments to schedule 2A of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 and introduces a new schedule 6A to the same act.