I absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend, and he puts it far more clearly than I have done. I was trying to make the point that he has just made, which is that, ultimately, HMRC and the Treasury are responsible for this in not giving proper advice and in creating an over-complex tax system, and that has created this kind of behaviour. It is natural behaviour and we should not blame the people who have tried to take advantage of these sort of schemes. This complexity kills the economy.
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Edward Leigh
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 1 July 2020.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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