During an urgent question on the budget today proposed by the shadow Chancellor, Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale David Morris MP used the opportunity to put on record his support for the Chancellors announcements to help the self-employed.
Speaking during the statement David Morris MP said:
‘Before I became a Member of Parliament I was one of the dwindling self-employed in this Country. The self-employed sector is now 4 million plus. Would my hon friend agree with me that we have cut back on the red tape of self-employment and put more money into the self-employed, which is more than what the last party did in 13 years and I was a self-employed person so I can speak with authority on that?’
In response Government Minister David Gauke MP said:
‘My hon friend brings much expertise to this issue and I know that he is very pleased that one of the things we were able to do in the budget was to finally remove class 2 NI contributions. A tax on the self-employed that was also a significant administrative burden. I am pleased that we have been able to remove that.’