Arrivals Duty Free at UK Airports Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Arrivals Duty Free at UK Airports

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Excerpts
Thursday 30th March 2023

(1 year, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Penn Portrait Baroness Penn (Con)
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My Lords, I will say that it shows that the Scottish Government’s priorities lie in the wrong place, instead of seeking to address the priorities of the people of Scotland, whether it is tourism or improving their health and education systems. I think the people of Scotland would welcome a greater focus on those issues and less of a focus on something on which we recently had a referendum that settled the issue.

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean Portrait Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)
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My Lords, further to the answer that my noble friend has given, surely this is a question of the propriety of the use of public funds. The Scottish Government are involved in spending public money on a matter for which they have no rights. If these people were in local government, they would be being surcharged.