Clause 1 - Amendment of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988
Retirement Income Reform Bill
2:15 pm
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough, Conservative)
Of course, it does not need to, because the Plymouth Brethren are in useful discussions with the Revenue—or the Treasury: it does not matter which—and anything that I do to upset those discussions would be entirely counterproductive. I do not want to do that; I want to produce something that best helps the Brethren, and the route that they have chosen is to have discussions with the Revenue. By removing those words, I would be fulfilling their request. I do not think that there is anything terribly suspicious about that, nor is it damaging to the Bill. The hon. Gentleman's arguments about previous Bills, although this one is a replica of what I might call the ''David Curry'' Bill, are beside the point.