The Minister’s case is that, because of the savings that the Government plan to make, there is no need to increase VAT. Why did the Chancellor not say that in his Budget statement?
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Ian Lucas
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 March 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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2014-15
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