Health Taxes

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Excerpts

Wednesday 12th October 2022 Lords Chamber

[Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab)]

My Lords, I have been listening very carefully to the Minister’s answers. I wonder whether he recalls the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. In his answer he referred to “extremely good reasons” for the delay to the implementation of the previous arrangements about buy one, get one free. Can he tell us what those extremely good reasons are? I hoped he would have done so by now.

[Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)]

That is a fair point from the noble Baroness. How long does she have? But if I may answer that very briefly, obviously, we are aware of the pressures that people are under, particularly those in the lower economic groups, so we felt it was right to effect a delay for a year.