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16.22 Chancellor George Osborne has been invited to put his pasty where his mouth is and see how a pasty tax would work in a branch of Greggs. The chief executive of the bakers, Kennedy McMeikan, has offered Mr Osborne the chance to see why the tax would be difficult to enforce.

16.17 The chief executive of the West Cornwall Pasty Company, Gavin Williams, has spoken out about the pasty tax. He said:

We thank him for his glowing endorsement of our quality product and for helping to spread the news that a West Cornwall Pasty Company pasty is the best around.

However, what we really need from Mr Cameron right now is not advertising but clarity and leadership.

We would have hoped that if he had been rubbing shoulders with our customers he'd better understand the impact that this move will have on them, and our sector and all the great suppliers within it.

This is not about the West Cornwall Pasty Company but about the Cornish pasty industry as a whole and as the country's biggest specialist retailer we need to stand up for everyone within it.

16.11 He may be unsure of exactly where he bought his last pasty but David Cameron was certainly filmed eating one in May 2010 in footage from ITV News.

David Cameron tucks into a pasty during his final weekend of campaigningin Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

15.49 Why should the Chancellor stop at taxing pasties? asks Jenny McCartney.

Take chips, for example, and not just the ones that so many of Georges critics seem to have indelibly embedded on their shoulders.

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