My hon. Friend makes a very good point. A sudden flight of international investment from Ireland is not in anybody's interest. All countries seek to compete against each other for such inward investment, but, as I say, it would set a poor precedent for the UK if one nation state or a collection of nation states started dictating to another nation state what its tax rate should be.
Loans to Ireland Bill
Proceeding contribution from
George Osborne
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 15 December 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Loans to Ireland Bill.
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