Finance Bill

Debate between Liam Byrne and Anne McGuire

Tuesday 6th July 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Byrne]

I will in a moment.

If Members go to the Deputy Prime Minister’s website—for those who do not have the address, let me be helpful, it is nickclegg.co.uk; it is not a site that I visit quite as much as I used to—they will see that that famous poster saying, “Tory VAT bombshell” is still on the website, available to download. The Liberal Democrats cannot kick the habit of saying one thing and doing another.

[Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab)]

Does my right hon. Friend share the astonishment of the 87% of the electorate in the Chief Secretary’s constituency who did not vote Tory at the last election but see him fronting up a VAT rise to 20%?

[Mr Byrne]

Yes, and the electorate will hold the Chief Secretary to account at the next election.