The proposition of the independence movement was much more optimistic about receipts than the OBR at the time of the referendum. Most important of all, the United Kingdom is more easily able to absorb a volatile oil price than an independent Scotland would be—a point that I would have thought anyone looking at this fairly had to accept.
National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Gauke
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 November 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill.
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