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The scheme is intended only to distribute someone's surplus in an automated way among creditors. A prerequisite of using the scheme is that a person has a surplus.It is extremely unlikely that people who have no surplus income would have other attachable assets or income.
This is a real dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin session. It will be a little gem to be treasured in the annals of this committee.We have agreed that the issue with consolidation bills should be held over until consolidation is addressed in the round.The issue about members in charge is another delicious little one.
Anyone who wants to find out about properties and land in Scotland will find it difficult to pin down such information on title deeds.I see that Dr Ewing is not happy with that comment.
He said that it is unjust that one in four members is exempt from paying charges but, as Des McNulty said, his solution is to extend exemption to the other three in four members.
There is no reason why that target cannot be achieved now—after all, we signed up to it decades ago through the UN but never achieved it. Des McNulty spoke about the UK being a trailblazer.