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Baroness Deech (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 May 2026

Debate

Higher Earners: Emigration

Contribution

My Lords, is not the problem that the people who are fairly paying their tax feel that they unfairly have to support a vast number—maybe just as many—who are living on welfare and benefits, and that the people who work hard have to support those who do not? I sense a growing feeling of unfairness.

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