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Proceeding contribution from Stephen Williams (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 July 2010. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HC) and Debate on bill on Finance Bill.

Finance Bill

I thank the shadow Chief Secretary for his intervention, but an £8 billion bill does not necessarily fall on the poorest pensioners, and I would be very concerned if it fell solely on them. It is absurd to put pensioners into a generalised pot and pretend that VAT is going to hit all of them harshly. I am sure that the Duchess of Devonshire—she may well be a constituent of one of my colleagues—is well able to bear an increase in the rate of VAT on some of her conspicuous and discretionary expenditure.

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Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
513 c846 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Poverty Charities Exemptions Excise duties Fuels Economic situation Pensioners Low incomes Rural areas Taxation VAT Rescue services Tax burden Sunset clauses
Legislation
Finance Bill 2010-12
Link
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