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The next question is, that motion S3M-7841, in the name of Mike Rumbles, on the Non-Domestic Rates (Levying) (Scotland) (No 3) Regulations 2010, be agreed to.
The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets money, which is sitting in a bank account in London and was raised by contributions in Scotland to the fossil fuel levy, is funding to which we can have access.
It is not necessary to be a levy payer to draw down on any voucher system; it is just necessary to be a willing employer who wants to take on an apprentice.
The base is the income that people receive, which is the base on which you levy tax. Your 10p is levied on everybody, so the UK would look at the growth of everybody’s income, including that of millionaires.
There is some strong resistance to a tourism levy, which Sarah Boyack will be aware of, but it is important that we address the cultural engine that is Edinburgh and think about how we can drive forward that agenda.
I am delighted to report that my own local authority has agreed to abolish any charges that it might have levied on veterans living in East Renfrewshire.