Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Wales Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Davies Excerpts
Wednesday 25th May 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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As I said, the Home Secretary will write to the right hon. Gentleman with the details of the case, but may I make a suggestion to the Scottish National party? It now has substantial tax and enterprise powers, so if it wants to attract people to the highlands of Scotland, why does it not create an entrepreneurial Scotland that people want to move to from the rest of the UK in order to grow a business and have a successful life?

Philip Davies Portrait Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con)
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Q6. Why is the Chilcot report not being published before the EU referendum? Is it because the Prime Minister and the Chancellor do not want the public reminded, ahead of the EU referendum, of how the Government of the day and the establishment are prepared to produce dodgy dossiers, make things up and distort the facts to con the public into supporting something they otherwise would not?

George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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No, it is because it is an independent report and the inquiry team decides when to produce it.