We have a list of 17 countries; the costs of such councils in most countries, including France and Ireland—but excluding the Netherlands, the council of which has a huge budget and covers a lot of ground—are around the €700,000 or €800,000 a year mark, although Slovenia’s council costs €100,000.One reason why the Scottish Government has considered the idea is that for devolved taxes such as the landfill tax and the land and buildings transaction...