Finance Bill

The idea of a censure motion is interesting, and I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for advancing it. I do not know whether he has had time to read new clause 4 in detail, but it presents our solution to the immediate challenge to Parliament. It lays down a marker that holds the Financial Secretary to her commitment to revisit the matter in the pre-Budget report, and requires the Chancellor to return at the time of the report with a comprehensive solution. He has plenty of time: he has the rest of the summer in which to work it out with his armies of civil servants. The important proposal in new clause 4 is for the House ultimately to decide whether his solution constitutes a satisfactory and acceptable delivery on the promise made to the right hon. Member for Birkenhead a couple of months ago.