Health and Social Care Levy
Debate between Chris Bryant and Rachel ReevesWednesday 8th September 2021
(3 years, 2 months ago)
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Rachel Reeves
The Minister has had a chance and he did not manage it. I will take an intervention from my hon. Friend.
Chris Bryant
Seventy per cent. of my constituents own their own home. The average house price in my constituency is £98,000. My constituents on lower than average wages in the country will be asked to contribute more in national insurance. Is it not manifestly unfair that they will still have to find £86,000, and the only place they will find that is out of the £98,000, so as to fund millionaires in south-east England to pass on the whole of their inheritance to their children?
Rachel Reeves
My hon. Friend makes the point very well. People will still have to sell their homes to pay for care under these plans. There were three important points—