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• Edinburgh will have important powers in respect of economic Development and the environment. It controls enterprise Companies, trade, tourism, most transport, water and sewerage. This could lead to - dependent of course on political will - taxes on car use, restriction of pollution; the take over of companies.
We could see an alteration in business rates, changes incentives for investment/export and the regulation of planning to make business accountable.
• In the legal sphere there will be control over the police, courts and prisons as well as most criminal law. This could lead to a change in sentencing policy; a reduction in sentences, decriminalising of some offenses, the release of prisoners and an emphasis on rehabilitation and integration = i saial goals.
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