Schedule 19
Finance Bill
9:15 am
Philip Hammond (Shadow Chief Secretary To the Treasury, Treasury; Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
Does the hon. Gentleman not accept that that would lead to the decoupling of the concept that charitable giving is something that an individual can do out of their gross income As I made clear, I attach a lot of importance to the idea that certain things, such as charitable giving and pension contributions, can be done by an individual from their gross income, before the tax man has his share.