[Mr George Howarth in the Chair] — Pay and Consultants (Public Sector)

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 10:24 am on 13 March 2012.

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Photo of Steve Pound Steve Pound Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) 10:24, 13 March 2012

My hon. Friend came into the House the same time as I did. He will remember, as I do, the huge debate on IR35 at the time, which I thought had addressed the issue. Is he as shocked as I am to hear today, and to read in the sheets of that august organ, Private Eye, that a golden carousel fuelled by avarice is spinning chief executives from one fleshpot to another, letting them fill their boots on the public purse without even pausing for breath? Does he agree that that should have been sorted years ago? I thought that it had been by IR35.