National Insurance Contributions Bill

Part of the debate – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:00 pm on 2 December 2010.

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Priyen Patel: It is what I call the trigger moment. What would trigger somebody to employ someone? This would do that, but only if there is a business return on that employment. You have mentioned a salesperson: a business may benefit from paying up to £5,000 less NICs on the cost of that employee, but will that employee bring something to the game? If it is a salesperson, will they make that £5,000 plus whatever the average sales return is for salespeople in that business? It is a trigger moment of sorts, but the main issue is demand. If the business sees a demand and wants to tap into it—and employ someone to do that or to help that business—the NICs holiday will help them.