An important point has been made about opportunity. It is a real sadness that Scotland has lost a net 2 million people through migration over the past 100 years. One reason why we want powers over our economy is so that we can grow Scotland and ensure that we do not see tens of thousands of our young people being educated in Scotland and then emigrating and contributing to countries abroad. We need to grow the Scottish economy. That is why we need the powers over our economy.
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Ian Blackford
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 June 2015.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Scotland Bill.
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