Her response is as follows:Schedule 7 to the Housing (Scotland)Act 2001 prohibits any registered social landlord (RSL) from granting benefits.Specifically, a benefit cannot be granted to a business trading for profitwhere either the principal proprietor of that business or a person directlyconcerned in the management of that business:(a) is, or has been during the preceding 12 months,an officer or employee of the RSL; or(b) is a close relative ofany such person.For these purposes, theaward of a contract would be treated as the grant of a benefit.The Scottish ministers havein effect approved certain exceptions...