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Can you confirm that the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party is in receipt of policy development grants from Westminster and that the Scottish Green Party is not?
However, we cannot become part of industry bodies such as the Association of Train Operating Companies, which decides how the receipts for shared routes are to be carved up between the companies.
On paper, it seems that we have the tools to do that, but I await with interest the monitoring reports, after receipt of which we can make sensible decisions on what, if anything, needs to be done.
Two further issues that should be considered are the alignment of the law and the design of the ballot paper.At the combined polls last week, I found differences in the style of nomination papers and in the dates for submission of papers and for receipt of nominations for polling and counting agents.
I agree that the working families tax credit is a good start, but does the minister agree that it has its limitations? Parents in receipt of the child care credit still have to pay at least 30 per cent of the costs of child care.
Have you any idea how many of those instances occur when the person is out on bail, compared with the number that occur after the serving of a sentence or the receipt of a fine? This is a guesstimate, but I suspect that nine out of 10 instances occur when the accused person is on bail.
The move to enable local authorities to carry forward the capital receipts generated has taken away some of the annuality problems that Roddy mentioned.
Central Government would remain exactly as well off as it is now, because although it would collect less from NI receipts, it would pay out the same amount less to the Scottish Executive.