There are some areas of growth, however, most notably in the public sector and in the taxes that pay for it.Today, the minister had the chance to be Father Christmas to the hard-pressed Scottish taxpayer, but instead he has decided to be the Grinch, to declare that there will be no Christmas and to take away from the good citizens of Scotland the possibility of the present of tax cuts that he had the chance to deliver.In that context, I ask the minister the following...