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For example, ending the council tax freeze now, which has been funded in each of the past three years, would cost Scotland’s hard-pressed local taxpayers an extra £70 million in 2011-12 for a 3 per cent increase.
In any case, should we not have some blue-sky thinking on from where extra funding might come? Given that in dealing with both policy direction and implementation of elections in Scotland the electoral management board will take some responsibility away from returning officers, should the extra funding that returning...
It is for the company to bring forward proposals; that is what the conditions envisage. If those proposals require extra consents, the company will no doubt present its case for why they should be approved.
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I ask you to give extra time to the minister so that she can answer questions from individual MSPs who have constituency concerns.