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I suspend the meeting for two minutes to allow Mr Bonney to leave. 11:26 Meeting suspended. 11:29 On resuming—Unmarried Fathers (Equal Rights) (PE1513) Unmarried Fathers (Equal Rights) (PE1513) Item 2 is consideration of two new petitions.
The 20 per cent VAT for hospitality businesses is the second highest in the European Union—some 26 countries in Europe have a reduced VAT rate for hotels.
I commend Christine Grahame for raising those matters, and for securing what I think must be her third or fourth ministerial visit from me since I was first appointed.
Furthermore, over the next few months, a £26 million laboratory complex will be opened, leveraging £7 million of public sector investment, which will lead to 180 new externally funded and high-value jobs for Scotland’s life sciences sector.
There are worrying trends in domestic violence. The latest statistics show that there has been a 1 per cent rise in the number of incidents to nearly 59,900 in 2016-17.
The point of the section, believe it or not, is simply to be helpful. In setting up a new system, the Scottish Government is conscious that the administrative sanctions system is new.