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Therefore, if you have a more credible data set, that would be a good point to start. If your seven times multiplier is right, we are talking about thousands of jobs.
The IfG point out that “when devising regulatory policies, the benefits of divergence must also be weighed against potential challenges divergence may create”The UK Internal Market | Scottish Parliament Website including the costs to businesses and barriers to trade.
This is intended to be a discussion, so please do not feel that is a question-and-answer session; we are keen to hear discussion points from our witnesses, too. However, if any witnesses want simply to concur with what somebody else has said, it is not necessary to come in at that point; there will points when they will be brought in and they can make the point then.