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Question for Leader of the House

UIN 14896, tabled on 20 February 2024

Question

Patricia Gibson
Scottish National Party
North Ayrshire and Arran
Commons

To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to (a) her oral contribution on 11 January 2024, Official Report, columns 455-456, (b) the findings on page 2 of the Scottish Government’s Income Tax Policy Proposal: Scottish Budget 2023-24, published in December 2022 and (c) research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on Scottish council tax, published on 11 September 2023, on what evidential basis she stated that people in England pay lower tax than people in Scotland.

Answer

Penny Mordaunt
Conservative
Portsmouth North
Commons

Answered on

23 February 2024

I refer the Hon. Member to my remarks in response to her point or order on 31st January (Official Report, col. 898), and my responses during business questions on the 18th January (Official Report, col. 1039-40) and the 25th January (Official Report, col. 449).

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