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John Swinney will know that contributions were made to the Executive from the political parties in the Parliament on, for example, the climate change levy and the fuel escalator. All of those issues were raised in Scotland and have been discussed in this Parliament.
As Graeme Ogilvy knows, there are people in the construction industry who think that one of the reasons for the problems in the sector is that the CITB serves the people who pay the levy rather than the industry as a whole.
That is why they can be more attractive places for investment by oil companies that operate in a global market.The 10 per cent tax on profits that the chancellor is to levy appears to the unenlightened to be simply a hit on London big businesses that charge the motorist a lot at the petrol pump, but that is the wrong way in which to consider the matter.
That closure was closely followed by that of Levi Strauss in Whitburn. Last week we heard about the closure of and loss of jobs from Grampian Country Foods in Newbridge.
The whole point—apart from the fact that one would not ask the First Minister for advice on oil futures—is that those buying road fuel have to meet not only the steeply rising cost of the basic product, but the increasing tax levy. Similarly—as if all forms of agriculture did not face enough problems—the impact of the continually high rate of sterling is si...
That means that drug dealers, particularly the big-time ones, should be left only with what they are standing up in in court, rather than the miserly £30,000 that was levied against one convicted drug dealer.
On the basis that such increases may continue, the voluntary sector should be exempt from the fees.I applaud the minister's commitment to continuing to waive the costs of checking volunteers, but I feel that the distinction between volunteers and paid staff who work alongside them is somewhat artificial in this respect. Any fee that is levied on a paid memb...
However, it remains important that the Executive addresses the charge that that will levy against individuals and businesses and how those who are least able to afford it can put money up front in order to reap the benefits.
Fees for planning applications need to be levied at a national level so that there is consistency: it should not be cheaper to apply for planning permission for something in one part of the country than in another.