Proceeding contribution from Angus Brendan MacNeil (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 June 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Scotland Bill.
Scotland Bill
As part of the Union, Scotland currently has a manifest defence underspend. There is no defence advantage for Scotland of being in the Union at all; we are actually losing money by being part of the Union. Far more would be spent on defence in Scotland as an independent country than the Union is spending there, and the shipyards in Glasgow would be in a far better state with an independent Scotland than with a dependent Scotland represented by Labour.
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- 530 c252
- Session
- 2010-12
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- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Devolved matters Alcoholic drinks Corporation tax Devolution Borrowing Income tax Excise duties Landfill tax Powers Public expenditure Scotland Taxation Taxpayers Stamp duty land tax Scottish Government
- Legislation
- Scotland Bill 2010-12
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- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
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