Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 8:57 pm on 9 April 2001.
We find complex tax credits and incentives to be self-defeating. They become so specific and obscure that no one understands them. A third of those entitled to the minimum income guarantee for pensioners have yet to take it up. What good is that? Pensioners do not understand why they should fill out a 48-page form in which they are asked such absurd questions as whether they are on strike or whether they are expecting a baby.