I agree, but if air passenger duty were zero in Scotland and the same as it is now in Newcastle, Scotland would clearly have an advantage. I do not want to get on to how much Scotland is able to devote to its tourism promotion budget, something that we need more of in the north-east.
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Beamish
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 29 June 2015.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Scotland Bill.
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