Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:04 pm on 1 February 2011.
My Lords, we are doing a lot more than the previous Government ever did. We have set aside an additional £900 million of expenditure for HMRC over the next spending round-the noble Lord may shake his head but that is a fact-and that will result in millions-worth of additional revenue each year being collected compared with what the previous Government did.