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One of the things that you have suggested in your paper is a sales tax rather than VAT. Can you talk to us about that? The complexity with devolving VAT is that it is charged not just at the final point of sale, but on each transaction.
You have the different parts of the model with AI, and we talk about homegrown AI. It is about understanding what frameworks need to be put in place to ensure that there are standards that are followed at that point.
Life is difficult right now—there is no doubt about it—but the Government cannot allow rates to keep going up and up. Again, coming back to Mr Doris’s point, we are trying to protect public funds as best we can while encouraging people on to buses.
On the basis of our initial analysis, we estimate that the potential cost range for year 1 roll-out in 2025-26 is between £24.3 million and £40.6 million.
As a little defence, I point out that there is no way of calculating the response rate in a study that involves an online survey for which emails have been sent or that has been publicised on a website.
That is not just talked about a lot in the advice sector and in Government; suppliers and network companies in the energy industry talk about how all that can come together so that we work to the best effect to deliver advice to consumers who are in need. 10:15 We lack a l...
Perhaps the cabinet secretary will take someone from Forestry and Land Scotland aside and point out which model provides the best community benefit and return.