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Proceeding contribution from Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 30 March 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on The Budget.


The Budget

The Chief Secretary mentioned Barnett consequentials of £65 million and trumpeted that as some sort of good deal for Wales. Despite the fact that the Barnett formula costs Wales £300 million per annum, the housing revenue account subsidy scheme, although scrapped in England, continues to rob Welsh local authorities of £100 million per annum, and only last month the Treasury stole £385 million from the Welsh Assembly Government’s end-of-year flexibility. Does he regard that sequence as a good deal?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
WGC c6-7 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons Grand Committees
Subjects
Corporation tax Credit Income tax Excise duties Fuels Government assistance Economic policy Manufacturing industries Public expenditure Small businesses Wales Tax allowances Tax rates and bands Welsh Government Enterprise zones Budget March 2011
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk