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The busy schedule of a parent, which involves the notorious school run, homework duties and school holiday care—to name but a few tasks—is made a lot easier when the job is shared by two people.
Amendment 155, in the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 156, 159 and 182 to 185. A bank arrestment or other diligence is for one creditor alone, but a sequestration is for all the creditors.
A fundamental principle for us is to ensure that access to the health service is available for all, regardless of people's bank balances. I am sure that the member would expect an intervention from me on the universal abolition of charges for check-ups, which we whole-heartedly support.
However, in the Scottish market, for example, in Cumbernauld, where people have bought flats and cannot sell them because the banks will not lend, people are stuck with a huge liability.
In the English context, it has been argued that doing away with the council tax would lead to the Bank of England being given something like the council tax as a second golf club in its bag, which it could then use to control the housing market.