No defectors on first Budget vote

No backbenchers have defected on the first vote in Budget 2013.

No defectors on first Budget vote
Wed, 05 Dec, 2012 - 20:20

No backbenchers have defected on the first vote in Budget 2013.

Motions to increase the price of drink and tobacco from midnight passed by 108 votes to 49.

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