Budget 2009

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons am 11:30 am ar 6 Mai 2009.

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Photo of Alistair Carmichael Alistair Carmichael Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Northern Ireland) 11:30, 6 Mai 2009

Further to the Secretary of State's answer to my right hon. and learned Friend Sir Menzies Campbell, can he confirm that if that VAT cut, which has had so little impact, had been reversed, it could have brought Barnett consequentials for the Scottish Government of almost twice the sum that has been complained of as a cut by the Scottish Government? Did the Government not realise that that VAT cut was doomed to fail when they enlisted the support of the SNP for it in the Lobby here?