Business of the House

There have been welcome noises from the Government this week about helping people at work to maintain their jobs. May we have a statement from the Treasury about the decision by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to attack seafarers and mariners under the seafarers' earnings deduction, which will leave my constituent, Mr. Penny, facing a future in which, he says, the ruling has"““devastated my family life to the verge of collapse, bankruptcy is looming and the only alternative for many UK based mariners will be to leave the Industry or live outside of the UK””?" The decision can be reversed so that people can remain in the industry and not be 25 per cent. worse off in their salaries.