I am grateful to the hon. Lady, who is sadly wrong, as is her hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes South (Iain Stewart). Barnett is of course a convergence formula and, far from protecting in the way that the hon. Gentleman suggests, it squeezes. More importantly, the hon. Lady was making the case that we should not do things differently, but of course that is the nature of devolution. If the Scottish Government had proper fiscal and economic control, they could well take steps different from those taken throughout the UK to protect and grow the economy. What would be so wrong with that?
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Stewart Hosie
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 27 January 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Scotland Bill.
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