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Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Of course, I do accept that. The amendment of the noble Baroness is expressly asking the Government to do something other than what is in the regulations.

By definition, that means that if her amendment were carried, we could not bring back the same set of proposals. The implementation of these regulations would not be delayed, as the noble Baroness is suggesting; it would be thwarted entirely. So, she is asking the House to accept a false proposition. It is very interesting that the noble Baroness herself has recently given an interview which certainly implied that the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, is a fatal one. In the interview she gave to the Huffington Post, she said that if the amendment of the noble Baroness is carried, the Government cannot go ahead with the cuts. Well, that, to me, is very fatal indeed. Therefore—

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
765 c1027 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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