I welcome the hon. Lady to her Front-Bench position. If the 2.5% rise in VAT is so wrong, why was it right for the previous Government to return it from 15% to 17.5%? Although there had been a reduction, that was still a 2.5% rise.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Alec Shelbrooke
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 October 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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