MR JACK MCCONNELL AND FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE FOR THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

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That this House notes that the Labour leader in Scotland, Mr Jack McConnell, was a prominent member of the Scottish Labour action Group in the late 1980s and early 1990s which supported a Scottish Parliament controlling all taxes that are raised in Scotland, including a share of oil revenues; expresses disappointment that Mr McConnell has failed to maintain that support for financial independence for the Scots Parliament now; and observes that while polls show over two-thirds of Scots support financial independence for their Parliament, Mr McConnell has abandoned his previous position in favour of letting the Westminster Government cut Scotland's share of public spending.