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Those answers confirm that Scottish businesses believe that cutting their overheads, by cutting their business rates, would help their prospects.The survey is not, of course, unique. Many people, whom the minister may have consulted, have commented.
There is no point in forcing wind farms on communities if they are opposed to them. As with so many projects, in this instance location is everything.That is why George Lyon's motion moves the debate forward.
However, that is entirely dependent on the site solution, which will be a complete unknowable until we have discussions with the company. The other unknowable is how many of the work force will want to take redundancy.
Producer organisations with west coast quotas will obviously be fishing off the west coast, rather than in the North sea. Do you know how many boats that have traditionally fished in the North sea will turn to the west and how many boats have west coast quotas?