Clause 17
Finance (No. 2) Bill
9:45 am
Mark Francois (Shadow Minister, Treasury; Rayleigh, Conservative)
For the avoidance of doubt, I was not trying to be critical of the Treasury. It undertook what I actually think in this instance was quite a good consultation—I will make a few remarks about the consultation process shortly. I was not in any way trying to have a pop at Government Ministers; I was simply making the point that we now have the draft order but because it has only just come out we have not had as much time as we would have liked to scrutinise it in detail. However, I am not knocking the fact that it is based on an original consultation which came out in December—and which I think was well conducted. I hope the hon. Gentleman will appreciate that nuance.