Finance (No. 2) Bill (Sixth sitting) Debate

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Department: HM Treasury
Tuesday 16th January 2018

(6 years, 3 months ago)

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Kirsty Blackman Portrait Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) (SNP)
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I thank the Labour Front-Bench spokesman for his support for the retrospective refund. If it is right to allow the VAT refund to be reclaimed now, it was right to do it four years ago when the changes were first made to fire services and the police in Scotland. Now that Scotland’s budget for frontline services has been reduced by £200 million, it is time for the Government to agree to give us back the money that our services have paid.