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The vendor would be taking into account the fact that the purchaser is having to pay an extra slug of tax on top of the price, and that will go into the price calculation.
That is really important because quite often third sector representatives can go that extra mile. They are not authority figures in a way that could put off or intimidate people—they can form longer-term relationships.
I will also touch on a couple of other areas that have been mentioned. Will there be extra help for the aviation sector? You are well aware of the problems that it is encountering at the moment.
However, if there are further announcements involving higher spending in England, the Scottish Government might receive extra funding quite late in the financial year.
The Government recognises that such contracts are more expensive than traditional public financing, and it accepts the extra costs to enable the additional investment to go ahead.