Full question: If Scotland remained part of the United Kingdom, but the Scottish Parliament made all decisions for Scotland apart from defence and foreign affairs, would the gap between rich and poor in Scotland be bigger, smaller or would it make no difference?

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• Who ought to make important decisions for Scotland about welfare benefits?
• Party political identification
• If Scotland remained part of UK but Scottish Government had more powers (devo max) would you feel confident or worried about Scotland’s future?
• How should Scotland be governed? (five response categories collapsed to three)
• Do you agree or disagree that big business benefits owners at the expense of workers?
• If Scotland remained part of UK but Scottish Government had more powers (devo max) would people have more pride in their country or less?
• If Scotland were to become independent, would taxes in Scotland be higher or lower?
• Who ought to make important decisions for Scotland about taxes?
• Has the standard of the health service in Scotland increased or fallen in the last 12 months?
• Do you agree or disagree that ordinary working people do not get their fair share of the nation’s wealth?
• Do you think England’s economy or Scotland’s economy benefits more from the Union?
• How much do you trust the UK government to work in Scotland’s best long-term interests?
• How much do you trust the Scottish Government to work in Scotland’s best interests?
• Does Scotland get more, less, or pretty much its fair share of government spending?
• Do you agree or disagree that Scottish MPs should not be allowed to vote on English-only laws?
• Should the old age pension always be same in England as Scotland is it or OK to be different?
• If Scotland were to become independent, would the standard of living in Scotland be higher or lower?
• Has the general standard of living in Scotland increased or fallen in the last 12 months?
• Who ought to make important decisions for Scotland about the NHS?
• If Scotland were to become independent, would the gap between rich and poor be bigger or smaller?
• Position on left-right scale (derived from other variables – see notes)
• Which institution do you think has most influence over how Scotland is run?
• Should tuition fees always be the same in Scotland as in England or is it OK for them to be different?
• If Scotland were to become independent, would it have a stronger or weaker voice in the world?
• Is the Scottish Parliament giving Scotland a stronger or weaker voice in the UK?
• Which institution ought to have most influence over how Scotland is run?
• Do you agree or disagree that there is one law for the rich and one for the poor?
• Do you agree or disagree that management will always try to get the better of employees if it gets the chance?
• If Scotland were to become independent, would Scotland’s economy be better or worse?
• Who ought to make important decisions for Scotland about schools?
• ‘Forced choice’ national identity
• If Scotland were to become independent, how sure or unsure are you about what would happen?
• If Scotland were to become independent would you feel confident or worried about Scotland’s future?
• If Scotland were to become independent, would people have more or less pride in their country?
• Should tuition fees always be the same in England as in Scotland or is it OK for them to be different?
• In 50 years time, how many people would you like to be speaking Gaelic?
• How much interest do you have in politics?
• Should the basic rate of income tax always be same in England as Scotland or is it OK to be different?
• If Scotland remained part of UK but Scottish Government had more powers (devo max) would living standards be higher or lower?
• Do you think it is true or false that ‘The Scottish Executive/Government is just another name for Scottish Parliament’?
• Should the basic rate of income tax always be same in Scotland as England or is it OK to be different?
• Who should make government decisions for Scotland?
• Who ought to make important decisions for Scotland about defence and foreign affairs?
• Should we pay for public services in Scotland out of a sum of money decided by the UK Government and funded out of taxes collected across the UK, or out of taxes decided and collected by the Scottish Government in Scotland?
• Do you think it is true or false that ‘The Scottish Executive/Government decides the level of unemployment benefit’?
• Do you think it is true or false that ‘The Scottish Parliament has around 70 elected members’?
• If Scotland remained part of UK but Scottish Government had more powers (devo max) would taxes be higher or lower?
• Do you agree or disagree that Government should redistribute income from the better-off to those who are less well off?
• How should Scotland be governed? (five options)
• Do you think it is true or false that ‘The Scottish Executive/Government makes most decisions about money spent on health’?
• If Scotland remained part of UK but Scottish Government had more powers (devo max) would economy be better or worse?
• Has Scotland’s economy got stronger or weaker in the last 12 months?
• ‘Moreno’ national identity
• If Scotland remained part of UK but Scottish Government had more powers (devo max) would gap between rich and poor be bigger or smaller?
• Should the old age pension always be same in Scotland as England is it or OK to be different?
• If Scotland remained part of UK but Scottish Government had more powers (devo max) would Scotland’s voice in world be stronger or weaker?
• Does the Scottish Parliament give ordinary people more or less say in how Scotland is governed?