I have listened with great interest to what my hon. Friend has said about the effect of clause 35 on the child care market, which is very germane to the discussion. We heard from the Chancellor of the Exchequer many months ago that we were all in this together. What message does clause 35 send to people? It says to higher income tax payers that they are not in it with everybody else, and it says the same to the very poorest families with two-year-olds who will not get the improvement in child care that we would have promised them. That is a very divisive, non-communitarian message.
Finance (No. 3) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Diane Abbott
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 4 May 2011.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 3) Bill.
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