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Committee members will probably remember that, under the Labour Government, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown promised not to increase income tax, so they increased national insurance contributions instead.
Are there any more examples of what Donald Brown referred to? In all such cases, taking out every other tree does not take the hedge away, according to the definition in the act.
The word “simpler” appears at various points in “Enterprise and Skills Review: Report on Phase 1”. Keith Brown notes in his opening comments that we want “coherence and ... a simpler, more flexible and cost-effective system”.
I am sure that the clerks will involve Stewart Maxwell and Robert Brown in that. As Robert Brown says, there is a time inhibition, but clearly our proposal would be to take any oral evidence before we had to deal with the relevant amendments.
This may be a good time to bring in Alistair Brown. I know that you cannot comment in detail but, from your financial perspective, is that a fair and reasonable indication of what the content of the statement should be and of how this impacts on the equalities agenda?
I welcome to the meeting Mr Brown’s substitute, Mike Pringle.The first item is our third scheduled evidence-taking session on the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Bill.