I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I am not sure whether his birthday is coming up, but I will happily send him a copy of my book, which goes into the matter in some detail. The baseline funding for Scotland is an important point, but whether to have a needs-based assessment is not part of the Bill, although the Bill opens up the possibility that that will be reviewed in future.
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Iain Stewart
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 27 January 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Scotland Bill.
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