Proceeding contribution from David Gauke (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 22 March 2007. It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

I will give one point: the Department for Work and Pension has assessed the weekly income that is required for a lone couple with children if they are to escape poverty, and for a couple with children if they are to escape poverty, and those figures are adjusted for rent. The second figure is higher than the first figure, in terms of what the couple and the lone parent would get from tax credits. If I may press on with the subject of tax credits—

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 458 c1031
Session: 2006-07
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Corporation tax Budgets Health services Finance Education Further education Income tax Higher education Economic situation NHS Welfare tax credits Schools Taxation Budget March 2007
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

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