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To: Mr John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy, Scottish Government.
A call for a review of the SNP Government's oil revenue estimates.
We call on the Scottish Government (Mr John Swinney) to
1. commission a fully independent review of the basis for the oil revenue estimates it used to support its case for Scottish independence; and
2. publish analysis of how a independent Scottish state could have managed any oil revenue shortfall.
1. commission a fully independent review of the basis for the oil revenue estimates it used to support its case for Scottish independence; and
2. publish analysis of how a independent Scottish state could have managed any oil revenue shortfall.
Why is this important?
Prior to and since the referendum on Scottish independence there have been repeated allegations that the SNP Scottish Government deliberately and recklessly overestimated the oil revenues an independent Scottish state would collect whilst simultaneity playing down the importance of these monies to public finances.These allegations have become so persistent, wide-ranging and detailed that they are now undermining the credibility of the SNP Scottish Government. It is in the interest of both sides of this debate that the Scottish Government (Mr John Swinney) commissions a fully independent review of the basis for the oil revenue estimates it used to support its case for Scottish independence and publish considered analysis of how a independent Scottish state could have managed any oil revenue shortfall .
