Focusing on the actual figure is important. It concentrates the mind when assessing the scale of the task both for this Government and the successor Government in 2015. By anyone’s analysis, £35 billion is a huge sum, which, if collected, would make a very significant difference to the nation’s finances.
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Shabana Mahmood
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 July 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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