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National Insurance Contributions Bill

: I may be able to help my right hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Mr. Forth). The Treasury may consider the perspective of my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chope) unreasonable. However, it may view it as reasonable, necessary and even expedient to claw back more money through the tax system. I suggest that my hon. Friend look at measure from the Treasury’s perspective, which may well deem such behaviour reasonable. That, however, makes me uncomfortable with the use of the word ““reasonable””.