I cannot resist commenting on one of the points made by the hon. Member for Macclesfield (David Rutley). He suggested that businesses are somehow more competitive because we have a better tax regime, yet our trade deficit is in a terrible state, and getting worse. If everything is so brilliant, we should be doing better on international trade.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 April 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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