This House made it clear at the time that if the Scottish Government went ahead with the centralisation, they would not be able to reclaim the VAT. It is no good the SNP having a grievance and looking back to claim that £140 million when Budgets are clearly forward-looking and we have to be responsible for the public finances. However, we have now sorted that problem out.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Alister Jack
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 December 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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2017-19
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2017-12-12 14:14:38 +0000
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