The noble Lord clarified my previous point that the scheme was a new scheme that did not create tax avoidance. If the scheme did not exist, there would be no tax revenue at all. The Treasury will therefore not lose tax revenue as a result of the tax arrangements; it will merely not get as much as it might otherwise get.
Growth and Infrastructure Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Flight
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 20 March 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Growth and Infrastructure Bill.
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