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Proceeding contribution from Lord Giddens (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 23 October 2006. It occurred during Question for short debate on Tax Credits.


Tax Credits

My Lords, will the noble Lord clarify what he just said? I am not sure whether he is arguing against me or not. I was arguing that negative income taxes tend not to work because basically they are disincentives to work, whereas tax credit systems work much better. If they are fine-tuned properly, they help to get a lot more people into work.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
685 c1067 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Child tax credit Fraud ICT Income tax Grandparents Maladministration Overpayments Organised crime Welfare tax credits Working tax credit Tax allowances Tax rates and bands Revenue and Customs
Link
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