National Insurance Contributions Bill

I am intrigued by the tense the Paymaster General uses. She refers to legislation that the House ““has passed””. Our concern is not with legislation where there is a clear intention from the Government. The issue here is retrospection. That is our great anxiety. Where legislation has been passed, and there is clarity and certainty, that is fine, but the point of the Bill is to sweep back as far as 2 December 2004.