Business Taxation

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 May 1999.

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Photo of Eric Forth Eric Forth Conservative, Bromley and Chislehurst 12:00, 13 May 1999

May we now please have an answer to the question? For the Chief Secretary's benefit, my question is: What estimate he has made of the change in overall tax yield from business in 2001–02". That is a straightforward, factual question. Why does the right hon. Gentleman insult not only the House of Commons but the entire business community by failing to answer the question, through impudence and impertinence—or is he being deliberately evasive because he knows that the answer is that business is paying more tax?