All 5 results for date:20080716 speaker:Lord Clarke of Nottingham

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Fuel Duty (16 Jul 2008)

Kenneth Clarke: rose—

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Fuel Duty (16 Jul 2008)

Kenneth Clarke: I find it quite incredible that the Chief Secretary can talk about a tax change that has been announced this morning yet refuse to tell the House what the cost will be. It is completely incredible that the Treasury is not capable of giving her a precise figure for the estimated loss of revenue. It is quite scandalous for her to say that the House of Commons will not be told the cost until...

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Fuel Duty (16 Jul 2008)

Kenneth Clarke: rose—

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Fuel Duty (16 Jul 2008)

Kenneth Clarke: Well, I will make one final effort. Does the Chief Secretary really think that a Minister addressing the House of Commons should go into such copious detail about the likely impact on revenues and the economy of an Opposition proposal but refuse to give any information at all about a decision announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer this morning? Corrections to the last Budget have...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (16 Jul 2008)

Kenneth Clarke: As the Budget continues to fall apart and the Chancellor has had to abandon yet another badly targeted tax, have the Government yet decided how the unfortunate taxpayer will eventually have to pay for the mess he has made of the public finances?


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