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Finance Bill

I am making the point that it is not —I was going to say "possible to make overly simplistic extrapolations", but regrettably the Opposition frequently do—wise or sensible to make simplistic extrapolations such as saying that an increase in this or that will have such an effect. Other economic forces are at work. We are suggesting that this increase in NIC will be coincident with a strong recovery in the economy and, therefore, if there is any effect on employment at all it will be very modest. I pointed out that previous Conservative Administrations had not only increased NIC—