Rejected petition Give England and Wales a referendum on Scotland's continued membership of the UK

Allow Scotland to fund their own lavish social security system, free university tuition fees, free prescriptions & public services in the way that the English & Welsh taxpayers have to now. Scotland could fund their own armed forces, organise their own currency & join the back of the EU entry queue.

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Everyone would benefit by ridding parliament of Scottish MPs meddling in the affairs of the rest of the union as they do now.

In 2012/13 total public spending in Scotland was estimated to be £65.2bn, or 9.3% of total UK spending, with a population of 8.3%.
Even by the most generous measure, Scotland raised £53.1bn in taxes during 2012/13 and spent £65.2bn, leaving the country £12.1bn short. In the same period, the UK had a shortfall of £117.4bn.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28879267

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Date submitted 26 June 2016
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