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Proceeding contribution from Iain Stewart (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 March 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Scotland Bill.

Scotland Bill

Not that Mr Hague—this one is spelt Haig. I think the Foreign Secretary is rather preoccupied with matters elsewhere in the world. My Mr Haig said, of the First Minister's comments about free tertiary education in his interview on the Andrew Marr programme yesterday:"““What is it the Scots go without that we the English enjoy? More and more people I speak to are seething with this unfairness, especially in the current financial climate. How is it the Scots can afford this, and the English cannot? They even have an extra layer of government, and are able to afford that as well. Mr Stewart, English nationalism is going to rise slowly but surely over this. Your government cannot ignore this, otherwise you are going to create a fracture in the union, and the SNP's most ardent supporters for independence are going to be the English.””" I agree. I am a Unionist and I want the Union to survive. The hon. Members for Perth and North Perthshire (Pete Wishart), for Dundee East (Stewart Hosie) and for Banff and Buchan (Dr Whiteford) might support our doing nothing to increase support for their ultimate aim, but I do not.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
525 c56 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Devolved matters Corporation tax Air passenger duty Borrowing Aggregates levy Legislative process EU law Income tax Excise duties Fuels Landfill tax Domicil Powers Mining Quarrying Public finance Public sector net cash requirement Scotland Social security benefits Scottish Parliament Tax avoidance Taxation Rural areas Revenue and Customs Stamp duty land tax Scottish Government Regional members
Legislation
Scotland Bill 2010-12
Link
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