Proceeding contribution from Helen Goodman (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
That is absolutely right. The investment that the Labour Government tried to encourage in completely new energy industries such as the offshore wind industry used very similar skills. It is important to have a critical mass in these industries, and the achievement of that is now being put at risk. It is not at all clear what the Government mean by rebalancing the economy. Our debate earlier this evening revealed a bizarre situation in which taxes on the financial sector are not tough enough, while taxes on the primary sector are over-strong. That is simply not going to take us down the route that we all want to go down.
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- 2010-12
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- 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
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- Finance (No. 3) Bill 2010-12
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