Reserved Matters

Part of Orders of the Day — Schedule 5 – in the House of Commons at 5:30 pm on 30 March 1998.

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Photo of John Swinney John Swinney Scottish National Party, North Tayside 5:30, 30 March 1998

The hon. Gentleman talks about the Parliament being given additional tax-raising powers. Does he not realise that—certainly from my reading of his amendment, I fear that this is the situation—if amendment No. 407 were accepted, the Scottish Parliament would be unable to lower business rates to try to provide a competitive advantage for Scottish business? That is a strange argument for the allegedly business-friendly Conservative party to advance.