Given those sensible taxation levels and rates, will the hon. Gentleman explain why productivity is the lowest of all our competitors, inflation is higher than our competitors, wage stagnation is almost becoming endemic, investment is slower, and economic growth is on the floor? If having these so-called lower rates of tax is such a fantastic opportunity for businesses, how come we are still in this particular situation?
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Dowd
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 18 December 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
633 c839
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2018-01-09 17:46:55 +0000
URI
http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-12-18/17121843000209
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-12-18/17121843000209
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2017-12-18/17121843000209