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That has been partially successful. There is now an almost de minimis approach to ensuring that policies across a range of Welsh Government activities are in line with that act.
At the time, former Edinburgh councillor Nick Cook advocated funding for de-nesting. More recently, Aberdeen has tried a hawk and Aberdeenshire is trialling sonar devices.
I think that it was worth while for Jersey, because it needed to move on from the global publicity that it had attracted over the Haut de la Garenne issue. As you might remember, it was believed that bodies had been buried under that children’s home, but at the end of the day, no bodies were found.
If nothing happens to address it, clean home-grown power from the UK—let us say, wind from the Highlands that ends up being exported into the EU—will face a de facto tax on arrival into the EU as of 2026, because of how the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism works.
Based on the current position, if a college disposes of assets—for example, buildings—how much of the money is it allowed to keep? There is a de minimis amount of £500,000, which it would keep with our approval.
If we entered any deal with the US on those terms, we would increasingly de-align, which would further aggravate the problem with the Northern Ireland border.
However, the SNP-Green Government’s failure to adjust the higher rate threshold according to inflation means that thousands of Scots still face a de facto tax hike, to the tune of £106 million.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 October 2014
Spectator safety has developed considerably since the mid-1990s and the Motor Sports Association (MSA) as UK governing body has led the development of a number of initiatives aimed at improving safety. The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile has also led some important developments at international level that the group has considered in the Scottish c...
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in retaining a Crofters Commission bull scheme, in light of the European Commission raising the de minimis level of agricultural support to 6,000 Euros over a three-year period.