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Farepak

Hon. Members should talk sense. First, national insurance contributions, if they have been paid—there is no guarantee that they were—are for the pensions and unemployment and other benefits of the people who used to work for the company. We must get this straight: it is not the Government’s money. It is former employees’ money, and it is still to be found in the investigation whether it was paid. On VAT, again, until the investigation is complete, we cannot guarantee that any money was paid to the Government. We would like some sensible contributions, not ones that raise Aunt Sallies to be knocked down in order to get a political headline. That will not help the people we want to help.