Proceeding contribution from Jim Devine (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 28 April 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance Bill.
Finance Bill
My right hon. Friend will remember the mid-1980s, when public sector workers—domestics who had worked in the national health service for five, 10 or 15 years—were sacked and told to bid for their jobs. They bid £2, £1.50, £1.20, £1—and then, ““Sold to the lowest bidder!”” The Conservative party called it efficiency savings. We called it exploitation of low-paid workers, particularly women.
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- 475 c123
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- 2007-08
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Companies Capital gains tax Corporation tax Bingo Amusement arcades Licensing Investment Income tax Gaming machines Pensioners Small businesses Tax allowances Taxation Tax rates and bands
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- Finance Bill 2007-08
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