Clause 209 — The Bank Levy

Part of Diabetes Prevention (Soft Drinks) – in the House of Commons at 4:45 pm on 18 April 2012.

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Photo of Owen Smith Owen Smith Labour, Pontypridd 4:45, 18 April 2012

My hon. Friend is right. She is talking about the values and priorities that I mentioned at the beginning of my speech. What are our values? What priorities do we set, according to those values, in respect of fiscal and budgetary decisions? At the moment, it is hard to discern that this Government’s values involve anything other than protecting privilege at the expense of hard-working families and of the most vulnerable in our society.