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She said that LBTT has given “middle and ... lower tiers of the market ... a new lease of life ... This rapid ... growth in Scotland is grounded in the new LBTT rates, which are stimulating demand at the bottom and middle rungs of the property ladder.”
I do not doubt any of their good faith when it comes to supporting an excellent health and safety regime in the North Sea, but the problem is that entering a rapid cost-cutting phase can introduce bad incentives along the chain of employment, particularly at the lower and middle management and the employee sides.
Members might be interested to know that, as part of the programme, the Scottish Government has produced an information booklet in liaison with key stakeholders called “Managing and Protecting our Historic Environment: What is Changing?
In addition, I intend to seek the views of the licensing standards officers national liaison group on whether any promotions are being carried out at present that merit further attention and possible regulation.I hope that the licensed trade will act responsibly.
Cathy Jamieson, other members and I have spoken about the liaison with the DWP, the Forestry Commission, Skills Development Scotland and others that is taking ProjectScotland to a different place.
It can take us two or three months sometimes to programme a slot in the diary for a videoconference.I attend meetings of the European elected members information liaison and exchange network. We tend to arrange them during white week—constituency week—but, even then, we are probably doing quite well to get one MEP out of six to come along.
At paragraph 9.1.6(b), the code says:“Complaints made under Section 8: Engagement and liaison with constituents: these are to be referred to the Presiding Officer.”In conflating the work of a minister with that of a constituency MSP, might our proceedings today have established an unfortunate precedent?
We look for all such examples of good practice.We engage with public bodies regularly and feed back to their liaison officers on such issues, and they are discussed when people who work on the front line meet people in my office to discuss cases.