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The data on gross domestic product per capita, which is an average across the population, suggests that, over a reasonably long time period, Scotland has been doing a bit better than the rest of the UK.
In Scotland, 65 per cent of first-time buyers are completely exempt from LBTT; 80 per cent already pay either no tax at all or less than £600 in LBTT; and 100 per cent of first-time buyers who buy at or below the average Scottish house price are already exempt from the tax.
In your submission, you comment on the new UK subsidy control regime and note that, at this point in time, there is not really any clarity in that regard.
We will go to Ms Davis first, as I am conscious that Mr Munro has been talking for a long time. I think that John McVay was talking in his report about the UK Government’s R and D tax credits, which sits outside of our purview.
In relation to post-legislative scrutiny of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017, the Committee agreed a call for views, that late submissions be published as correspondence but excluded from the SPICe analysis of responses and that any future approaches to scrutiny be taken in private.
The interviews provide new insights into the opportunities and challenges associated with Scotland's Forestry Strategy (SFS)iiTo note the range of views expressed are those of the stakeholders interviewed and do not represent the views held by SPICe or the author. All interview data has been anonymised. .