(except clauses 4, 5, 20, 28, 57 to 77, 86, 111 and 282 to 289, and schedules 1, 3, 11, 12, 21 and 37 to 39)
Finance Bill
8:55 am
Mr Paul Boateng (Chief Secretary, HM Treasury; Brent South, Labour)
I see. That is a very helpful explanation of the signs of life that are so occasionally demonstrated by your distinguished Clerk, Mr. McWilliam, whom I would also count as an old friend.
This is an important Committee, on which we all value sitting, and we all look forward to the hours and days of proceedings that lie ahead.