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If we do a simple sum and divide the £4 million by 28,000 charities, it appears that the notional annual subscription in 2005-06 would be £142 per charity, compared with the current rate of £46 per charity.
The kind of improvements to which the minister referred earlier, which we can expect to see through the results of BT's announcement last week, will make us comparable with the countries that you mentioned.
I suggest that it will be a breach of human rights and of equal opportunities if their cases are compared to those of children and young people who have additional support needs but who do not have a CSP and can access legal aid if they qualify.
As its paper states, there are some 162,000 houses in that sector in Scotland, which is 8 per cent of the total housing stock; some 41 per cent of the sector comprises tenement flats, compared with 23 per cent of the overall housing stock.
I can announce today my provisional decision to set the non-domestic rate poundage for Scotland at 45.8p in the pound in 2000-01. That compares with a figure of 48.9p this year.
Ms Macdonald mentioned the islands; some communities, such as the Western Isles, have a relatively low rate of business closure but have an average rate of new business formation compared with the rest of the Highlands and Islands.
Ms Macdonald mentioned the islands; some communities, such as the Western Isles, have a relatively low rate of business closure but have an average rate of new business formation compared with the rest of the Highlands and Islands.