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David T C Davies Excerpts

Wednesday 28th November 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Jones]

I do not know whether I would go that far, but clearly there is an argument to be made, and it is under consideration.

[David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)]

Does the Secretary of State agree that if the Assembly is given, and uses, powers to raise unlimited amounts of income tax, the effects on the Welsh economy could be devastating?

[Mr Jones]

I think it unlikely that the Assembly could raise unlimited amounts of tax, because it would need unlimited levels of income, which everyone would agree it does not have. Paul Silk’s work is important, and it deserves careful consideration, and that is what is happening at the moment.