Class 4 National Insurance Contributions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Class 4 National Insurance Contributions

Owen Smith Excerpts
Wednesday 15th March 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Owen Smith Portrait Owen Smith (Pontypridd) (Lab)
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May I commend the Chancellor for the bravery of his statement? I ask him to pass on our sincere thanks to Laura Kuenssberg for pointing out to him that it was a duff decision and to the Prime Minister for forcing him to reverse it before breakfast.

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Hammond
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I have explained to the House what happened and what the view is inside Government about the tax locks that we put in place. The hon. Gentleman is entitled to his opinion and he has expressed it.