Orders of the Day — Finance Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 8:57 pm on 9 April 2001.

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Photo of Mr Nick St Aubyn Mr Nick St Aubyn Conservative, Guildford 8:57, 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.