Taxation Freedom Day Bill
Debate between Philip Hollobone and Rachel Reeves(12 years, 12 months ago)
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Rachel Reeves
I am not sure whether to celebrate that, but this does seem to me to be a strange thing to want to have a piece of legislation on.
Mr Hollobone
An interesting comparator would be the interest that my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) has taken in human trafficking. Her Majesty’s Government have designated an anti-slavery day and given it official recognition. All the Bill asks the Government to do is officially to recognise taxation freedom day.
Rachel Reeves
That does not seem necessary to me, but I guess that the hon. Gentleman and I disagree. If the work of the TaxPayers Alliance and the Adam Smith Institute is as fantastic as he thinks, why could they not organise a celebration, as other groups organise days to celebrate things? One does not necessarily need legislation in order to celebrate a day that one thinks important.