Taxation (Living Wage)
Debate between Robert Halfon and John Robertson(11 years, 3 months ago)
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John Robertson (in the Chair)
I hope that the intervention will be shorter this time.
Mr Cunningham
Frankly, if it is voluntary, then it is not forced on small employers. It is the big employers who can pay it.
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Debate between Robert Halfon and John Robertson(12 years, 5 months ago)
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Robert Halfon
On a point of order, Mr Robertson. That seems to be a case of fatism. Is that not inappropriate?