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Taken all together, the Scottish Fiscal Commission estimate that the new 40% relief will cost the Scottish Government £22 million in 2025-26, in addition to the £5 million cost of extending the Islands relief for a further year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 August 2022
Other sources of public funding include: Scottish Forestry (FCS) £32,000 South of Scotland Enterprise £31,300 Scottish Borders Council £1,000 S6W-09807
Countries that have adopted the equality model have lower inflows of trafficking.iCriminal Justice Committee, Official Report, Wednesday 26 November 2025 (Col 22)
She went on to state that—
Trafficking legislation is good if you want to convict your traffickers, but if we want less trafficking—and I suggest that the Parliament does want to see less sex trafficking of women and children—we will need to reduce the market for prostitution and to make it as difficult as possible for traffickers.iCriminal Justice Committee, Official Report, Wednesday 26 November 2025 (Col 22)
The Committee identified an error in article 26(2)(a) of the Order in that the reference to article 2 of the instrument should instead be to article 22.
Decisions: The Committee agreed to focus its pre-budget scrutiny for 2025-26 on the financial position of integration joint boards, to issue a call for written evidence, and to invite selected stakeholders to give oral evidence after summer recess.
Dear Convener,
Thank you for your letter of 4 February about the letter from the Equality and Human Rights Committee (EHRC) to myself of 26 January.
Since 26 January I have engaged in correspondence with Baroness Falkner of the EHRC which I enclose here.