S5W-23340 Alexander Burnett: To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of Brexit on consumer confidence in relation to VAT receipts in Scotland; whether it will clarify comments by its official at the Finance and Constitution Committee meeting on 8 May 2019 that VAT receipts in Scotland had been lower than in the rest of the UK due to household confidence being lower in Scotland than in the rest of the UK as a result of a higher rate of scepticism towards EU withdrawal in Scotland; what analysis it has undertaken to support that assessment; whether it can provide any evidence that this is the case when compared with London, which had a similarly high remain vote; whether it considers that VAT receipts are affected by consumer confidence in relation to constitutional issues, and what analysis it has undertaken of consumer and business confidence in relation to its policy of pursuing another referendum on independence.