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Finance Bill

Proceeding contribution from David Gauke (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 July 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.

It is striking that time and again senior figures in the Labour party went around describing this as a tax cut for hedge funds. It is to the credit of the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun that she refused to repeat that accusation. Although she did not quite go as far as she might have done towards putting the record straight, at least she did not repeat the accusation despite being given multiple opportunities to do so. I do worry about the understanding of some

issues within the Labour party. Just today, we have seen the example of the confusion about how many jobs have been created inside and outside London. I understand that the Leader of the Opposition is standing by his position this morning, although he did not quote that in his speech—but there we go. I am afraid that this is an example of somewhat shoddy thinking from the Opposition.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
583 c806 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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