I am listening with great care to the hon. Lady, as I hope are my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the shadow Secretary of State, because I maintain that she is making the same point that I was making, although from a different direction. If we dribble out powers, the SNP will constantly blame us for everything that goes wrong—“Cuts? They’re responsible for the cuts.” Give them the responsibility and they will have to take responsibility.
Scotland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Edward Leigh
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 30 June 2015.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Scotland Bill.
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