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Ways and Means

Proceeding contribution from Ed Balls (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 10 May 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on Rating (Empty Properties) Bill.

Last week, shadow Treasury Ministers spent £500 million on opposing pension term assurance. Four weeks ago, the shadow Pensions Minister spent some £3.5 billion a year on a pledge to reverse the pension tax credit reform of 1997. Is the hon. Gentleman now saying that he would trump those pledges by spending £1 billion a year under a future Conservative Government by reversing this reform?