Written Question·Scotland Office·UIN 902237

Taxation: Scotland

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025
Named Day

Question

John Lamont

ConservativeBerwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of levels of taxation on people in Scotland.

Answer

Ian Murray
The assessment that we have made is that the Honourable Gentleman's party crashed the economy and left the legacy of the highest tax burden on working people in 70 years and in Scotland that is even higher.The SNP Government’s own figures show that a Band...

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