My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The measure has a static cost of £3 billion a year, and behavioural changes also have an impact. That is the hot debate in which the Minister and I have been engaged ever since I have been in the shadow Treasury team.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Shabana Mahmood
(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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