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This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP, on 26 June 2018. The Lead Committee is the Local Government and Communities Committee.
If empty property rates were refunded in 2025-26, this would commensurately decrease the “Contributable Amount” for 2025-26, the amount of NDR income that local authorities transfer to the NDR Rating Account or “NDR pool”.
The Cabinet Secretary provided further information by way of a letter on 26 November. The letter stated that:
Regarding venting of CO2, the ETS has historically focused on emissions arising from combustion activities.
If he was over his brief, he would know that, at the year end 2022, Scotland had 21 per cent of total UK renewables installed capacity and 26 per cent of renewable electricity generated.
To ask the Scottish Government what immediate steps it will take to address the reported decline in business confidence across all sectors as highlighted in the latest Scottish Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Indicator.
SFC published College Funding Allocations 2025-26 For both the college and university sectors, our headline increases in funding are based on annual comparisons against the 2025-26 Published Budget figures as the baseline, rather than the 2025-26 ABR position.