All the other countries have collected much more, we are never assertive enough, aggressive enough to protect the taxpayer.

Margaret Hodge

Margaret Eve, Lady Hodge, MBE, PC (born 8 September 1944) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Barking since 1994. She was the first Minister for Children in 2003 and was Minister of State for Culture and Tourism at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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