Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Neil Duncan-Jordan Excerpts
Tuesday 29th October 2024

(3 weeks, 2 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Emma Reynolds Portrait Emma Reynolds
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The hon. Gentleman is urging me to comment on the Budget, but he will have to wait until tomorrow.

Neil Duncan-Jordan Portrait Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole) (Lab)
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This Government have inherited a Britain that is now the most unequal country in the G7 bar America. The UK’s 50 richest families own 50% of the country’s wealth, and our tax system exacerbates this inequality with unfair loopholes that benefit those who have wealth rather than those who go to work. What steps—

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order—[Interruption.] No, these are topical questions and I decide.