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Mr Paul Ingram and Professor Iain McLean—Oral evidence (QQ 430–481)<br />

Mr Paul Ingram and Professor Iain McLean—Oral evidence (QQ 430–<br />

481)<br />

Evidence Session No. 9. Heard in Public. Questions 430 - 481<br />

TUESDAY 17 JULY 2012<br />

Members present<br />

Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market (Chairman)<br />

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean<br />

Lord Hollick<br />

Lord Lawson of Blaby<br />

Lord Lipsey<br />

Lord McFall of Alcluith<br />

Lord Rowe-Beddoe<br />

Lord Shipley<br />

Lord Smith of Clifton<br />

Lord Tugendhat<br />

________________<br />

Examination of Witnesses<br />

Professor Iain McLean, Professor of Politics, Oxford University and Fellow of Nuffield<br />

College; and Paul Ingram, Executive Director of British American Security Information<br />

Council.<br />

Q430 The Chairman: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Economic Affairs<br />

Committee. This is our ninth public hearing of our inquiry into the economic implications for<br />

the United Kingdom of Scottish independence. I just have to repeat that hard copies of<br />

Members’ entries in the Register of Interests are available in the room.<br />

Dr McLean and Mr Ingram, thank you very much for coming, and thank you Dr McLean in<br />

particular for the written evidence you have given us, on which we will have a number of<br />

questions and which we found very interesting. I should be grateful if you would speak loud<br />

and clear for the webcast and the shorthand writer. Would you like to make an opening<br />

statement or can we go straight to questions?<br />

Professor Iain McLean: For the sake of the webcast, I apologise for signalling problems<br />

outside Reading; otherwise I am happy to let my evidence—<br />

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