Question reference: S4W-18424
- Asked by: Jamie Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 15 November 2013
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 18 November 2013
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will set out the economic opportunities of independence.
Answer
The Scottish Government will publish Building security and creating opportunity: economic policy choices in an independent Scotland on the morning of Tuesday 19 November. The report is a detailed analysis of the performance of the Scottish economy as part of the UK and in comparison to similar sized countries. The report shows that Scotland, while performing well within its current limited powers, lags behind other comparable countries on key measures of productivity and participation and that with the tools of independence Scotland would be able to ensure a more prosperous, inclusive, secure and outwards focused economy.