Scottish Greens: ‘Slap super rich with £1,000 tax every time…
People flying in private jets would be slapped with a £1000 tax every time they fly, to offset climate damage, under Scottish Green plans. The party said the “super tax” could be levied on any private flyer who lands in Scotland – with cash used to fund green policies like public transport schemes. Green climate spokesman Mark Ruskell said just 1% of people cause about 50% of all global flight CO2 emissions. He claimed a private jet super levy could raise some £75 million in revenues for the Scottish Government. Aviation is one of the few policy areas excluded from the SNP and Greens’ power-sharing deal at Holyrood. Now the party is challenging the SNP to use its devolved Air Departure Tax (ADT) to implement the measure. ADT could only be levied on departing flights. Hundreds of private jets land in, and take off from, Scotland every week. “This isn’t people having an annual family holiday to Spain – it’s luxury, often half-empty, and completely unnecessary private flights which are fuelling the burning of our planet… It’s time for us to say their private jets are not welcome in Scotland.” .Tweet ‘Slap super rich with £1000 tax every time they fly in a private jet’ say Scottish Greens The Scottish Greens claimed the policy could raise £75million a year to help offset climate damage from aviation emissions. By Dan Vevers (Daily Record) 26 JULY 2023 The super-rich would be slapped with a £1000 tax every time they fly in a private jet to offset climate damage under Scottish Green plans. The party said the “super tax” could be levied on any private flyer who lands in Scotland – with cash used to fund green policies like public transport schemes. Green climate spokesman Mark Ruskell said just 1% of people cause a whopping 50% of all global flight emissions, the most polluting form of transport. The MSP added the brutal heatwaves and wildfires grippin
