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That student may not have two As and two Bs at higher, but if you think that they have had to work hard to get their three Bs, you need to give them a bit of extra consideration. Immense effort goes into ensuring that the capped system is operated fairly.
With habitats, an important issue is the time that it takes for them to respond. I hope that that extra bit of detail shows that the agreements are not whole-heartedly failing at all.
A good analysis of the costs and benefits would be important at this stage, because there would be savings as well as extra costs. There are two immediate traps.
One of the great challenges is that we designate an area—for example a special protection area, which typically is for birds—but it receives no extra support to encourage that to happen.
Every 20 new additional rate taxpayers we attracted to Scotland would generate an extra £1 million in tax revenue. An extra 2,000 additional rate taxpayers would give us a minimum of £100 million annually.
For example, the SNP’s tax proposals mean that MSPs would pay only 29p extra in income tax every week. Under our plans, it would be almost £8 extra per week.
Has that happened, or is the funding extra money from central Government? The attainment fund is extra money from central Government and is funded through our central resources.