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Scottish Government modelling estimates that the deal could cut Scotland’s gross domestic product by about 6.1 per cent by 2030, when compared with what it would have been under EU membership.
It would be helpful to hear a little more detail of the bespoke extradition process that you are working on. How will that be suboptimal compared to the European arrest warrant system that is in place at the moment?
It would be helpful to know the latest figures on the backlog of criminal cases, both summary and solemn. How do those numbers compare with pre-lockdown figures? What are the current best estimates for how the situation might develop?
Thirdly, by including community bodies regardless of their size, it potentially privileges medium-sized community bodies over other comparable organisations, such as medium-sized charities, without a clear rationale for doing so.
That is a good and fair question. A bit of comparative work has been done on how other countries do things, and it seems that there is huge variety in the way that different jurisdictions approach these matters.
In terms of the overall impact of the land and buildings transaction tax and its performance, more than 90 per cent of home buyers pay less tax or no tax at all compared with the situation under the predecessor stamp duty land tax.
We should look at the number of employment tribunals that are lodged against NHS employers in Scotland, if we strip out equal pay. They compare favourably with those in every other industry, including local government, the voluntary sector and the private sector.
At the same time, it would be good to get an idea of how that compares with other countries around the globe as well as with the private sector in Scotland, if it is possible to get those figures.
That £20 billion was rather a modest figure compared with the £100 billion that the First Minister promised that he would have pumped into the Scottish finance sector on 17 September.