Finance (No. 4) Bill Debate

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Matt Hancock

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Diabetes Prevention (Soft Drinks)

Finance (No. 4) Bill

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Business without Debate
Wednesday 18th April 2012

(13 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Cathy Jamieson Portrait Cathy Jamieson
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The interests of fish and chip shops have been raised on a number of occasions in this debate, and I am sure that plenty of people will want to patronise those local establishments. However, that does not get us away from the fact that the introduction of this measure has been an absolute shambles.

Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk) (Con)
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Will the hon. Lady give way?

Cathy Jamieson Portrait Cathy Jamieson
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I give way to the hon. Gentleman.

Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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I am grateful to the hon. Lady and to the shadow Chancellor for encouraging her to give way. I have a simple question: is Labour going to reintroduce this anomaly, should it ever win an election?

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