My hon. Friend is right. The spectre of the Laffer curve raises its head yet again, but it is a fact that lowering the tax rate increases the tax take. That is a fact that we have observed time and time again, and it has benefited our economy.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Rachel Maclean
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 21 February 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Legislative Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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