Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“What progress has been made on a sector deal for the oil and gas industry.”
Tabled: 6 March 2018Answered: 13 March 2018
Asked by
Andrew Bowie
Conservative — West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Kirsty McNeill)
The Chancellor’s autumn Budget delivered the biggest settlement in the history of devolution for the Scottish Government—£50 billion. I want to see that cash reach the frontline services that have suffered years of cuts under the SNP. That record settlement is possible only because of the Barnett formula—something opposed not only by the Scottish nationalists, but by the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage), whose Reform circus was sent packing from Hamilton this week.