Finance Bill

The hon. Gentleman is in typically generous mood this afternoon as he assesses the Government's dilemma. May I ask what advice he might give them? The right hon. Member for Wokingham (Mr. Redwood) has suggested that the House is united in the view that the poorest paid should not lose out as a result of the Budget changes. Does the hon. Gentleman believe that next year the Government should increase personal allowances above the level of indexation and pay for the increase by clawing it back, perhaps through national insurance increases for those of us who benefited from the 2p cut in the standard rate?