Clause 7
Finance (No. 2) Bill
6:00 pm
Julia Goldsworthy (Shadow Chief Secretary To the Treasury, Treasury; Falmouth and Camborne, Liberal Democrat)
It is an issue of reconciling principle with fairness. If we are going to take difficult decisions with a view to having an impact on consumer behaviour, we must consider the areas in which the burden will fall heaviest. It will fall heaviest on those who are least able to afford it and have no alternative. I see no contradiction in pursuing fairness and greater environmental measures.