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We continue to bleat that local government is not well resourced, but how can we pay additional levies to the voluntary sector if we are not adequately resourced?
Would Mary Scanlon concede that air fares and charges levied against passengers are matters for the airlines and not for the management of Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd or, least of all, for Lewis Macdonald?
You say in your submission that you are concerned that"personal allowance and personal savings are protected and that measures are in place to ensure that inappropriate service charges are not levied by care homes."Could you outline further the basis of your concerns, and whether they could be addressed in the bill?
Even if everything was fully known and proper advice was given in every case, somebody who bought a bunch of old titles could, in effect, set himself or herself up as a private tax collector and levy substantial charges on the transfer of leases.
I do not know, but extra pressure must be levied, if not for that reason alone, then to make sure that concerns are addressed, not in a tokenistic manner, but in terms of what really affects communities and what will make a difference.
Scotland will be especially hard hit, as a higher percentage of primary aggregate tends to be used, because fewer alternatives are available. The £1.60 per tonne levy represents a 40 to 50 per cent increase in Scotland, compared with 12 to 16 per cent in southern England.
The first is to give the Accounts Commission the power to levy the same sanction against the person it has found liable for financial misconduct as is open to the standards commission.
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.
However, although not speaking specifically about Henry VIII powers, Professor Colin Reid stated his scepticism about sunset clauses, citing the example of the infrastructure levy in the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019.
To examine the range of fiscal measures e.g. environmental taxes, levies and charges used by other countries to incentivise positive behaviours and to develop proposals in this area.