New Clause 5 — Transfer of personal allowances between spouses

Part of Bail (Amendment) – in the House of Commons at 8:15 pm on 28 June 2011.

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Photo of Helen Goodman Helen Goodman Shadow Minister (Justice) 8:15, 28 June 2011

I should like to back up what my hon. Friend says. In the major study of marriage in England from 1550 to 1750, Lawrence Stone demonstrated that in a commercial society with a commercial attitude—