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Hugh Henry said:"As neither Ministers nor officials can provide legal advice, I am unable to comment on Professor Rennie's view that the hutters could claim to be tenants-at-will.
However, it is important to emphasise that they also said that they could not guarantee a different decision. That is the official response of the Inland Revenue at this stage.
I did not intend to mention a specific organisation—its name will appear in the Official Report of this meeting. I intended simply to make a general point.
However, it is not for us to determine individually whether someone ought to pay more tax on one site than would be paid on another site for reasons that, privately, we might think are right or wrong.
What is more important than simply having meetings is that we act as quickly as possible. Executive officials and officials from Highlands and Islands Enterprise were engaged with the company on the issue on Tuesday.