Is it not also a matter of fairness and social justice, because the Institute for Fiscal Studies has shown that 70% of the benefit of a transferable tax allowance would go to those currently on the lower half of the income distribution scale?
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Burrowes
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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2013-14
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