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  Finance Bill - Schedule 23 - Air Passenger Duty
  
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  @ MP voted aye to devolve responsibility for Air Passenger Duty to the Scottish Parliament. 
  @ MP voted no against devolving responsibility for Air Passenger Duty to the Scottish Parliament. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against devolving responsibility for Air Passenger Duty to the Scottish Parliament. 
  
  The text of the rejected amendment stated:
  
  : 61, page 536, line 17, at end insertâ
  
  :â(1) [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/schedule/5/part/II The Scotland Act, Schedule 5], section A1 (exceptions) is amended as follows:
  :(2) After ârates)â, insertâ
  
  :â(1) Air Passenger Duty on all flights that areâ
  :(a) originating from an airport or aerodrome in Scotland and,
  :(b) not part of a connecting flight fromâ
  :(i) a domestic UK airport or aerodrome, or
  :(ii) a territory specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5A of the Finance Act 1994.ââ.
  
  The amendment added the above elements to a list of those areas which are exempt from being "reserved" to the UK Parliament. 
  
  
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  * [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0325/12325.534-540.html Webapge of Finance Bill 2012 as introduced containing p536 (Schedule 23 part 2)] 
  
  
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