Clause 102 - Landfill tax: rate
Finance Bill
4:45 pm
Mr Andrew Bennett (Denton and Reddish, Labour)
Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the intention of the tax was to reduce the amount going to landfill and to encourage minimisation and recycling? If all those things had been achieved, would he not agree that even putting the tax up by £1 could have been fiscally neutral, as less money would be being paid?