I hear what the hon. Gentleman says, but many people will be about £511 a year worse off. Many, particularly those on the lowest incomes, will not benefit from the rise in the income tax threshold, and a large proportion will be part-time workers who cannot work for the extra hours that they have been told will enable them to continue to qualify for tax credits.
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Cathy Jamieson
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 July 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
547 c651 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2023-11-28 15:12:04 +0000
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-07-02/12070246000014
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-07-02/12070246000014
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2012-07-02/12070246000014