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Proceeding contribution from Ian Murray (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 26 April 2012. It occurred during Debate on bill on Scotland Bill.


Scotland Bill

I will be coming back to the report this very second, because it is about transparency, and what we have had quite clearly from the Scottish Government is a complete lack of transparency. I hope that the report allows us some, because when the Bill receives Royal Assent, we will have a Scottish rate of income tax, the devolution of stamp duties, the devolution of landfill tax, the power to create new taxes and the power to borrow of many billions of pounds—borrowing powers, incidentally, which the Scottish Government did not want but have planned to use. So it is quite important that the report comes back. With this amendment, the Lords have done a good job of enabling us to see where the new taxes will go. I certainly welcome it and will support it later this afternoon.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
543 c1159 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Devolved matters Appeals Corporation tax Crown lands and estates Devolution Antarctic Borrowing Block grant Health services Elections EU law Income tax Legislative competence Excise duties Insolvency Health professions Legislation Landfill tax Powers Lord Advocate Public finance Scotland Regulation Scottish Parliament Taxation Speed limits Tax rates and bands Supreme Court Scottish Executive Stamp duty land tax Advocate General for Scotland High Court Scottish Government Legislative consent motions
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