Devolution of public finances in the UK inquiry

Inquiry by the Economic Affairs Committee, 26 June 2015 to 9 December 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

1st Report - A Fracturing Union? The Implications of Financial Devolution to Scotland (20 November 2015)
The UK government’s response to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee Report: "A Fracturing Union? The Implications of Financial Devolution to Scotland" (20 January 2016)

Evidence sessions

21 July 2015: Professor David Heald, Professor of Accountancy, University of Aberdeen Business School; Professor Alan Trench, Professor of Politics, University of Ulster; Professor Jim Gallagher, Visiting Professor of Government, University of Glasgow; Dr Angus Armstrong, Director of Macroeconomics, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)
9 September 2015: Lesley Riddoch and Peter Jones
9 September 2015: Dr James Cuthbert and Mrs Margaret Cuthbert
9 September 2015: The Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling
9 September 2015: Professor Ronald MacDonald, Research Professor of Macroeconomics and International Finance (Economics), University of Glasgow; Professor Adam Tomkins, Professor of the John Millar Chair of Public Law, University of Glasgow; Professor John McLaren, Honorary Professor of Public Policy at the Business School, University of Glasgow
15 September 2015: David Phillips, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Professor Iain McLean, Professor of Politics, University of Oxford
13 October 2015: Professor Gerald Holtham, Cardiff Business School, Chair of the Holtham Commission; Tom Crotty, Director, INEOS Group; Charlotte Barbour, Director of Taxation, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
20 October 2015: Sir Danny Alexander; Keith Cochrane, Chief Executive, The Weir Group; Professor John Kay, Visiting Professor of Economics, London School of Economics; Professor Noel Lloyd CBE, Former Vice Chancellor of Aberystwyth University, Silk Commission
27 October 2015: Carlo Cottarelli, former Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)