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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
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Question reference: S4W-15428
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost to an average family of an independent Scotland applying VAT to (a) food and (b) children’s clothing.
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Question reference: S4W-15426
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the recommendation in Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review to extend VAT to food and children’s clothing was a factor in the invitation for Sir James Mirrlees to join the Fiscal Commission Working Group.
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Question reference: S4W-15432
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to an independent Scotland, what its position is on applying VAT to (a) food and (b) children’s clothing as suggested in Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review.
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Question reference: S4W-15431
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in its proposals for a tax system for an independent Scotland, what weight it will give to the findings in Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review and whether such proposals will form part of the white paper on proposals for independence.
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Question reference: S4W-15429
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on its poverty indicators of an independent Scotland applying VAT to (a) food and (b) children’s clothing.
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Question reference: S4W-15424
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers have instructed the Fiscal Commission Working Group to rule out consideration of the recommendation in Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review to extend VAT to food and children’s clothing.
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Question reference: S4W-15423
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Fiscal Commission Working Group’s meeting on 28 May 2013 included consideration of the extension of VAT to food and children’s clothing.
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Question reference: S4W-15425
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Fiscal Commission Working Group’s meeting on 28 May 2013 included instruction from ministers to rule out consideration of the recommendation in Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review to extend VAT to food and children’s clothes.
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Question reference: S4W-15427
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the statement in the minutes of the Fiscal Commission Working Group of 7 February 2013 that “the work of the Mirrlees Review would provide a helpful starting point”.
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Question reference: S4W-15430
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in relation to an independent Scotland, it has a position on the statement in Dimensions of Tax Design: The Mirrlees Review that "the policy rationale for the zero-rating of food and children’s clothing is extremely weak”.
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