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I cannot understand how that meets the obligations of our standing orders, which ensure that the code of conduct is followed by members, regardless of how senior their position is in Government.
We have heard that the UN Secretary General has called the IPCC’s report “code red for humanity”. He warned: “This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet.”
Does that stretch to cover what the local authority intends to do with the visitor levy receipts? ::That is a good question. My officials are telling me that the answer is no; I do not know whether they want to reflect on that or to go away, consider it and come back.
Both the Scottish and UK Governments agree that it is appropriate for the Scottish Parliament to give legislative consent to this measure, which amends the income tax rules contained in the Scotland Act 1998, and that is why we are here today.Property income is defined in income tax legislation as income from rent or other receipts from estates and any inte...
Within the funding available, we decided that £100 payments for pensioners not in receipt of relevant benefits were affordable and would go some way towards supporting those households in meeting their heating bills through the winter.