Scotland Bill: Fiscal Framework Debate

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Tuesday 23rd February 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

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Lord McCluskey Portrait Lord McCluskey (CB)
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My Lords—

Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con)
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My Lords, I think that it is the turn of the Cross Benches.

Lord McCluskey Portrait Lord McCluskey
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Can the Minister confirm that the United Kingdom Government will not agree to a deal on the fiscal framework that makes permanent the benefits to Scotland of the Barnett formula, while preserving the disbenefits of that formula to taxpayers in the rest of Great Britain?

Lord Dunlop Portrait Lord Dunlop
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My Lords, as I said at the outset, we are very conscious that this deal must be fair not only to Scotland but to the other parts of the UK. We will certainly not, because of the pressure of parliamentary time, do a deal at any cost.

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