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I call on Richard Lochhead to move the motion.Motion moved,That the Parliament agrees that provisions of the Finance (No.3) Bill 2011, introduced in the House of Commons on 31 March 2011, in relation to Scottish agricultural levies and local taxes and relating to the transposition of Directive 2010/24/EU on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relat...
Following installation, annual SCOTS maintenance charges are levied on a per laptop basis. Annual SCOTS maintenance costs have been estimated by Scottish Government IT specialists at a total of £5,000 (including VAT), based on 2018/19 costs.
The Greens have put forward proposals for a carbon emission land tax, a demolition levy and a stadium levy. We believe that, ultimately, councils should have a power of general competence to raise that money for themselves.
Its tax on jobs is an act of economic stupidity, introduced despite the Office for Budget Responsibility warning the chancellor that raising the levy would impact on wages and investment.
I do not necessarily agree with the approach to the use of the apprenticeship levy that Miles Briggs has articulated, but, on his point about SMEs, there is undoubtedly more to be done.
As we reflect on the Holocaust, we must heed its lessons. As Primo Levi reminds us, “it can happen again”, but it is within our power to ensure that it does not.
Whether we are talking about Elfriede Scholz, the community of Oberstdorf, the Wieners, the Finkelsteins or Marianne Grant, whose daughter mentioned this, too, Primo Levi said: “It happened, therefore it can happen again.”
Across the UK, the apprenticeship levy raises £3.5 billion annually. That means that the Scottish Government is receiving at least £300 million in Barnett consequentials for apprenticeships.