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Therefore, it should not be used as an argument against a proper income-based local tax. I will do my best to respond to all those points. If I miss one out I will get back to the member later.
From the point of view of most members of the public, I do not think that reducing things to the simplest common denominator will be the best way to approach the matter.
I have not heard any evidence—in this committee or at any other meeting that I have attended—that proved that point. I was going to make the same point.
I hope that there will be more.This has been a key debate for the Parliament and has focused on some important points of convergence. Many speakers have raised significant points.
Victims rarely live longer than 18 months after diagnosis and often die within just a few months. There is no known cure for the disease and victims spend their final months in considerable pain and suffering.