Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stewart Hosie Excerpts
Wednesday 10th June 2015

(9 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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I am not clear whether my hon. Friend is suggesting that the SNP take over the Government of the UK, although that may be one of Miss Sturgeon’s aspirations—we do not know. It is for the people of Scotland to choose their own Government, but the SNP’s policies are clearly now for higher taxation and we need to know what that tax will be.

Stewart Hosie Portrait Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP)
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The Scottish Secretary is absolutely wrong about full fiscal autonomy. It does not lead to a reduction in tax yield. Surely he would agree that if we were to use the flexibility in the tax code to grow the economy and increase tax yield, that would be a good thing.

David Mundell Portrait David Mundell
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I agree with two of the hon. Gentleman’s colleagues from Edinburgh, one of whom has described full fiscal autonomy as a disaster and the other of whom has described it as suicidal.