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Proceeding contribution from Nicholas Dakin (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 May 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 3) Bill.


Finance (No. 3) Bill

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Wansbeck (Ian Lavery), who gave a comprehensive account of why we should support the very precise amendment on the bank levy. A banker writing in the 1920s wrote:"““April is the cruellest month, breeding""Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing""Memory and desire””," and went on to talk about the present month as ““depraved May””. I quote T. S. Eliot—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
527 c506-7 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Banks Financial services Excise duties Fuels EU economic policy Exploration Economic growth Oil Pay Natural gas Public expenditure Prices Offshore industry Regulation Taxation VAT Tax yields North Sea oil Bank levy
Legislation
Finance (No. 3) Bill 2010-12
Link
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