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As the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland pointed out, that means that"a 2 per cent efficiency gain from the balance will in reality equate to nearer 7 per cent."—Official Report, Justice Committee, 20 November 2007; c 345.
Many points have been made about the historic nature of the decision that we are about to make—the Parliament’s first decision on substantive tax powers. I am afraid that I just do not buy that. Since 1999, this Parliament has had the ability to make tax policy at local level to provide for local services but we just have not used it.
People do not know that when they go online Tesco can ask them whether they want their favourite groceries and it will come up with everything that they buy every week. People hold data all over the place that we are unaware of.
We all know that, if you live in London, an old-age pension does not buy you as many goods and services as it would in the north of England, but we stick to the idea of equal cash payments.
You will appreciate that, as far as questions about the losses are concerned, the figures will be influenced by passenger numbers, the number of bottles of perfume that passengers buy in duty free every month and so on.
That was from the housing minister who is currently taking away the right of individual tenants to buy their own homes. That is a hypocrisy if ever there was one.