Member

I was struck by what the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, said about simplification; I completely agree with him. In 2006, I did a tax commission report, while we were in opposition, for George Osborne and the then leader of the Opposition, David Cameron. In fact, Gordon Brown did quite a good job in introducing some of our recommendations, but that is another story. The point is that the report recommended setting up the Office of Tax Simplification. By the time the Treasury had finished with it, it was completely emasculated and unable to do its job.