"My Lords, in my four minutes, I thought I would focus on the good, the bad and the ugly of this Budget. Starting with the good, there was the welcome emphasis from the Minister in his opening speech on some of the measures for growth. These included: raising the threshold …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister tell the House why the increase to forecast tax receipts as a result of higher forecast inflation and greater taxes on employment was the only information not made public in advance of the Budget?..." Baroness Penn - View Speech
"I will not ask the Minister to comment on bond markets or to speculate. I will simply ask him whether he agrees with himself when he told this Chamber last year that a freeze on income tax thresholds would be a tax rise on working people costing them billions of …..." Baroness Penn - View Speech