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That would mean that the health service would give up all aspects of long-term care, and the charges that were then levied would be only for living costs but would apply to everyone in the long-stay sector.
Is there a methodology for how charges are levied? Should there be? I reiterate that I am not involved in that, so I do not know how a figure is set or derived.
The most important example of that was during the situation at Continental Tyres Ltd, when there was no procedure for getting a quick answer from a minister. In such a case and in that of Levi Strauss (UK) Ltd there should be the opportunity to get a quick answer.
Demand management is a nicer way of referring to road user pricing, road user charging and road tolls, levies or taxes. Currently, motoring is probably more heavily taxed in the UK than it is anywhere else in Europe.
Although that does not feature in the Executive's plans in the coming year, I can tell the Parliament that my environmental levy bill will be introduced in this session.
Today is the third time that I have introduced a debate on the abolition of the council tax and on its replacement with a progressive, redistributive service tax to be levied on an individual's personal income.
If he feels that it is a tax, which the Parliament is not allowed to levy, he should challenge it. The Parliament is allowed to levy taxation if it wants, although its taxation powers are minimal— Mr Canavan.
Unison Scotland feels that, where a fly parking problem has been identified and evidenced, a charge might be levied. For a number of years, St John's hospital in Livingston has charged £1 per visit.
We must not forget that high taxes, whether they are levied nationally or locally, have an impact on the economy, on business and, of course, on hard-working families.