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National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill

My hon. Friend is right. Harking back to 2009 and the Fiscal Responsibility Bill, the then Chancellor made great play of legislation to bring down the debt and deficit, and what was the sanction should he fail? “We would just change the targets,” he said. I suspect the current situation is rather similar, and I may come to what the current Chancellor said about that particular legislation shortly.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
599 c941 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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