Spending Review and Autumn Statement Debate

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Spending Review and Autumn Statement

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Scotland Act 1998 (Amendment)
Wednesday 25th November 2015

(8 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The OBR assesses the Government against our fiscal targets, and that is the point of having an independent fiscal council. May I make a suggestion to the Scottish Government and the Scottish nationalists? Why not get on and create an independent fiscal council in Scotland? It is something they are refusing to do.

Helen Whately Portrait Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent) (Con)
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As my right hon. Friend knows, this summer Operation Stack brought Kent to a standstill, so I welcome his announcement of a quarter of a billion pounds investment in Kent’s infrastructure to keep Kent moving. Does he agree that investment in infrastructure is vital for Britain’s economic growth, national security and public services?

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