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I beg to move, That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) B

Obviously it would be useful to have people with business experience in the Cabinet, if they are going to levy taxes on business.

To be fair, my former colleague did not last quite as long as the lettuce, and the public made their judgment clear on that and many other i

I am terribly sorry—the Minister. He shakes his head and says that it is not true.

I beg to move, That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) B

Obviously it would be useful to have people with business experience in the Cabinet, if they are going to levy taxes on business.

To be fair, my former colleague did not last quite as long as the lettuce, and the public made their judgment clear on that and many other i

Since the hon.

I have been listening to questions from Members who believe that this is “not a tax on working people” asking for exemptions from it.

The hon. Gentleman asks, “What’s not to like?”, but just a few minutes ago he was saying what he did not like in the Bill.