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In the first example that I gave, you would be getting £10 a megawatt hour electricity, and the additional money to the wind farm would be coming from a flat levy on all GB consumers. Which is basically a subsidy, really?
Time and again, I have heard that they provide people who want to understand what borrowing is or what the aggregates levy is with some of the best explanations that they have seen.
I am sure that the irony is not lost on members that the party that so strongly opposed the workplace parking levy is now demanding that the Government take action on reducing car use on our road network.
Maurice Corry will know that such taxes are not devolved to this Parliament, which is why we were careful about using the words “charges” and “levies” rather than the word “taxes”. I welcome any moves on this.
It seems somewhat ironic that a body that is meant to look independently and objectively at complaints against members of the legal profession should be able to set such a levy without reference to independent consideration of what the appropriate levy should be.
The Committee recommends the Scottish Government begins work on exploring avenues for new financing options such as Crown Estate Scotland revenues, marine industry levies and the Scottish National Investment Bank as a matter of priority.
The Committee recommends the Scottish Government begins work on exploring avenues for new financing options such as Crown Estate Scotland revenues, marine industry levies and the Scottish National Investment Bank as a matter of priority.