Saville-Roberts calls for tax commission to oversee progressive reform

Speaking in the House of Commons chamber on Tuesday, Plaid Cyrmu MP Liz Saville Roberts brought forward a Ten Minute Rule Bill which would introduce a new tax commission.

Saville Roberts explained how such a commission would work: “All proposals put forward by the Commission would have to be consistent with the aim of increasing enough revenue to maintain spending on public services at current levels in real terms as a minimum, and to support the delivery of policies aimed at reducing inequalities”.

She added: “The UK government may well have valid reasons to reject different ways of raising money. If they are confident of their own arguments, they would support this bill to facilitate an open discussion in this House. Ahead of another austerity budget, we in this House must ask ourselves: ‘do we really aspire to condemning future generations to an unchallenged ideology that the common good is unaffordable’ – or is there another way Mr Speaker?”.