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When it comes to pulling together the information that would be required for registration, I am sure that a lot of architects and quantity surveyors who suffered during the recent recession might be looking for work. Are the timescales of five years and 10 years right?
The Scottish Parliament and the Houses of Parliament in London rise for summer recess on different dates, so would it not create complexities if we followed Tavish Scott’s suggestion that purdah should begin with recess?
That was partly to do with economic activity and the recession, but it suggests that we are starting to bear down on the historical trend of rising emissions.
The draft national outcomes were laid on 29 March, which was the last sitting day before the April recess. The Parliament then had 40 sitting days in which to carry out the scrutiny.
Our GDP per head is 2.1 per cent above its pre-recession peak, although that is not good enough and we would like it to be higher, but the figure for the UK is only 1.2 per cent.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2016
Residential LBTT revenues in the year to date remain broadly in line with expectations, allowing for the effects of forestalling which were excluded from the original forecast for 2015-16 of £235 million.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 January 2016