I am happy to take the opportunity to continue this most enjoyable debate. The right hon. Gentleman says that we are raising the small companies rate to a level that is no longer attractive, but it is still one percentage point lower than what we inherited in 1997. Did we inherit an unattractive tax regime for small businesses?
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Ed Balls
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 April 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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