Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 June 1998.
Would the Minister accept that part of the reason why the tax and benefit system for the low-paid is a mess is that it developed piecemeal, with different bits being added at different times rather than a coherent overview being taken? Does the hon. Lady accept that the Government are in danger of making the same mistake again by introducing the working families tax credit without integrating help with housing costs?