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“The perception, if you are a talented person sitting in London, Manchester or Birmingham and Scotland wants to attract you, is that you may think Scotland is a high tax economy.”
The proposal to continue a young carer statement in those circumstances is a modest one. It may help, but you may want to think about how long it should continue for.
Read the notes from the 25 April (237KB pdf)
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Read the notes from the 9 May (83KB pdf)
School visit
The Committee visited a school in Dunfermline on Tuesday 1 May.
Section 6(3) of the Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020 says: “For the avoidance of doubt, the articles of association may provide that the Bank may give financial assistance to a third sector body (as defined in section 37 of the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016.”
I am making some assumptions, so nobody should hold me to this, but there may be a problem with rents in Oban, for instance, which is not the same as the situation in Rothesay.