Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Dave Doogan and Jesse Norman

Tuesday 7th July 2020 Commons Chamber

[Jesse Norman]

I hesitate to give my right hon. Friend a history lesson, but he will recall that Ronald Reagan was a deep admirer of FDR and quite a heavy spender in his own right. Inheritance tax is paid on only one in 25 estates, and therefore it is not quite as large an issue in terms of the number of people affected as my right hon. Friend suggests. We take these issues very seriously and return to them recurrently at fiscal events.

[Dave Doogan (Angus) (SNP)]

What steps he is taking to support the economy during the covid-19 outbreak.