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Twelve years ago, Holocaust survivor Ernest Levy stood before Parliament for time for reflection and said:“Mankind has made great steps towards international peace, but more must be done.”
On the question of skills, I want to make sure that I put on the agenda the impact of the apprenticeship levy in our sector. You will know that the levy is, in effect, a 3 per cent jobs tax on any organisation that has a payroll of over £3 million.
An added incentive would be for the proceeds from any levy to be used towards the estimated £16 million a year that is required to meet the annual peatland restoration target of 20,000 hectares a year.
For instance, a few years ago, the Scottish Government had a large retailer levy—I think that it was called the public health levy—which took in £95 million over three years, using the rates system.
One of the responses—I cannot remember which one—describes things such as the new transient visitor levy as being not a panacea. The levy will take some time and is quite modest in the bigger scheme of things.
We are also talking about whether there are ways in which the apprenticeship levy can be used to catalyse new ways of working between employers and the universities.
For example, at the time of my debate, I proposed that we apply a 10p levy on chewing gum to avoid the chicken pox that destroys our pavements and our streets.
The Parliament has been acting on a range of activities, across the parties, to protect and strengthen Scotland’s communities.Large Retail Properties Levy Large Retail Properties Levy 6.
The green investment bank is not— The fossil fuel levy is. The fossil fuel levy and the green investment bank are not the only tools that we have available to us.