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National Insurance Contributions (Rate Ceilings) Bill

My hon. Friend is right. Harking back to 2009 and the Fiscal Responsibility Bill, the then Chancellor made great play of legislation to bring down the debt and deficit, and what was the sanction should he fail? “We would just change the targets,” he said. I suspect the current situation is rather similar, and I may come to what the current Chancellor said about that particular legislation shortly.

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Reference

599 c941 

Session

2015-16

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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