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Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 03 March 2016 Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 03 March 2016Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: After Stage 2 Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: After Stage 2 I welcome members to the ninth meeting in 2016 of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, and I ask that mobile phones be switched off.
Those will apply to all parts of Scotland. The other decisions that I am about to outline will apply to those parts of Scotland that are currently in level 4—which is all of mainland Scotland—and are effectively an enhancement to level 4.
The Government is successfully moving in the right direction in making housing a top priority for the next five years, and we should make no apology for our ambitions.As we have heard, Scotland needs more housing.
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Date answered:
18 February 2021
However, the Minister for Parliamentary Business raised concerns about the operation of the rules in instances where United Kingdom bills might give rise to the consideration of different consent positions at different points in a bill’s passage.
The paper goes on to say that use of the proposed new British bill of rights “will be limited to cases that involve criminal law and the liberty of an individual, the right to property and similar serious matters.
Secondly, we have suddenly realised that the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Bill is coming through and will require some type of registration of rents.
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Date answered:
24 January 2019