National Insurance Contributions Bill

I shall not be pulled into discussing clause 5 because I am sure you would not allow that, Mr. Deputy Speaker. However, clause 5 is entitled ““Agreements and joint elections: Great Britain””, so I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman meant to refer to it. We can discuss that on Third Reading, as he suggests. We are considering artificial schemes, which do not cover the average person in the street but deal with people who earn on average £300,000. Almost all, if not all, receive professional advice. Their accountants should have warned them that, if the national insurance contribution device into which they entered began on or after 2 December 2004, they might be caught by what the Paymaster General had said in a written ministerial statement.