Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Tom Harris Excerpts
Wednesday 11th December 2013

(10 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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None Portrait Hon. Members
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Bomber Harris!

Tom Harris Portrait Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South) (Lab)
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Q8. A great start.I thank the Prime Minister for saving my marriage. Carolyn was just about to sign the divorce papers when she heard the report that if we stayed together we would be in line for a sweet £150 a year tax break. If, as the Prime Minister says, marriage must be underpinned by the tax system, why is it that, since the married person’s tax allowance was abolished in 2000, the divorce rate has gone down?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am delighted that happiness is maintained in the Harris household. I could put it another way. It was only when I started to talk about the married couple’s allowance that the Leader of the Opposition tied the knot. The tax system moves in mysterious ways.