Interesting view from the Aviation minister - due to competition laws, you can't just vary APD by region within a single tax area.
But, speaking to the committee, Mr Goodwill, the Scarborough and Whitby MP, said: “We don’t have a regional federal structure, we don’t have tax-raising powers for the North-East. So there’s not something that would allow the North-East to reciprocate in terms of cutting their taxes.”
Newcastle Airport future under threat if Scottish taxes are slashed, transport minister admits (From The Northern Echo)
Would seem to apply as much to BRS-Wales as NCL-Scotland