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There is no wrong approach: we simply have to ensure that whoever is best placed to offer support to businesses does so when businesses are starting up or looking to grow.
I say gently to the Labour Party that the best solution is for benefits to be completely devolved to this Parliament, which Labour resisted absolutely in the Smith commission process.
In an informal debt solution, individual debtors are doing their best to pay off their creditors. In a statutory debt solution, if we exclude the DAS, it is— If we exclude what?
The Government will work with you, Presiding Officer, and with all parties to achieve a consensual outcome as to how best to make the Scottish Parliament a zero tolerance workplace.
Competition can be an important driver of innovation and you should always be able to make sure that you get the best product available. These are important values in our economic environment, and it is important to promote them.
I encourage Fiona Hyslop in her summing up to consider providing a small grant scheme to make the highland games the best that they can be. 15:48 It has been an interesting, if short, debate.
There is a strong set of lobbyists and enthusiasts who believe that a land value tax could be the best way not just of raising the revenue but of shaping the way our society and economy works in a fair and just way.