May I explain my logic? What the Minister is saying is entirely consistent with our pressing the new clause. If she can satisfy her Back Benchers in particular with the announcement that the Chancellor will make in his pre-Budget report, she will have nothing to fear from new clause 4. For those of us who are of a cynical disposition, it is an insurance policy for the House.
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 July 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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