Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Hammond of Runnymede and Stephen McPartland

Tuesday 9th April 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hammond]

The Government are responsible for the productivity agenda and the setting of targets for the national living wage. As I have already set out, working in those two tracks is the way to deal with the challenge of low pay. I can tell the hon. Lady what will not help workers on low pay: having their personal allowance taken away from them.

[Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (Con)]

6. What progress he has made on reducing the total amount of tax that people pay.