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Proceeding contribution from Graeme Morrice (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 19 April 2012. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 4) Bill (Clauses 1, 4, 8, 189 and 209, Schedules 1, 23 and 33, and new Clauses and new Schedules relating to value added tax).


(Clauses 1, 4, 8, 189 and 209, Schedules 1, 23 and 33, and new Clauses and new Schedules relating to value added tax)

The hon. Gentleman said a few moments ago that reducing the top rate from 50p to 45p raises next to nothing. We had a discourse on this in Committee yesterday, and in Prime Minister's questions, when the Prime Minister said something similar to what the hon. Gentleman says. However, in fact, the official HMRC book confirms that the loss to the Treasury will be up to £3 billion. Should we not use that money to finance the deficit and avoid having to make draconian cuts on our pensioners?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
543 c577 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Children Families Income tax Personal income Pensioners Tax allowances Taxation Tax rates and bands Age allowances High income child benefit tax charge
Legislation
Finance Bill 2010-12 to 2012-13
Link
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