Clause 1 - Notices relating to share optionsacquired before 19th May 2000
Social Security Contributions
11:15 am
Mr Bill Etherington (Sunderland North, Labour)
A couple of questions passed through my mind during this debate. Companies in Britain pay less tax than those in any other EU country, and, as I understand it, their liabilities are to be passed to their employees. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is clear that whatever is offered is never enough? We never hear those companies saying that the Government have given them too much and should take some of it back. Has anyone consulted the employees? We hear a lot about employers, but has research been carried out on the opinions of those who, in certain cases, will be paying? Many of my constituents would say that, if anything, the Government are being overly generous.