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The pot exists because we make massively popular shows. Whether it is “Mrs Brown’s Boys”, “Top Gear” or “Strictly Come Dancing”, the money flows back in and there is a mechanism for that to return to Scotland.
I regret the fact that the current Government has cut the childcare tax credit; it was one of Gordon Brown’s great achievements that he instituted the childcare tax credit, which helped many parents afford childcare.
I am simply saying that, as the committee report records, there is“a range of views among witnesses”.I give way to Mr Brown in the hope of cheering him up, perhaps, with my response.
I am afraid that I do not completely follow that point. I am trying to say to Gavin Brown that, by using a smaller amount of money, we are able to achieve— Build more homes.
I look forward to working with her and shadowing part of her responsibilities, as I do part of Mr Brown’s responsibilities.At the outset, I had—and I still have—considerable sympathy for the policy intention behind the bill.
In essence, the charge that the SNP has brought to the chamber is that there is foot dragging—Robert Brown called it dithering; I will deal with that charge later in my speech.
We have material, but we can do nothing more until we see the shape of the Commission's proposals. As you will know, Mr Brown, in our lifetime as lawyers we have moved from registration of titles to land registration.
It does not take us to a conclusion. Mr Allen mentioned Brown v Ferguson. The Scottish Law Commission describes one concern about the Brown v Ferguson approach as being that it acts as a straitjacket.