The hon. Gentleman is talking about where the bank levy came from. I remind the Committee that it was actually Geoffrey Howe who introduced a deposit levy in a Budget in the early ’80s as part of his stabilisation of the financial system inherited from a previous Labour Government.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
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James Cartlidge
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 18 December 2017.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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