Clause 20
Finance (No. 2) Bill
3:30 pm
Julia Goldsworthy (Shadow Chief Secretary To the Treasury, Treasury; Falmouth and Camborne, Liberal Democrat)
I am grateful to the Minister for reassuring me that the information will be recorded in a manner acceptable to business. The issue was not just barcodes; the provision also mentions
“information (which may be obtained by electronic or any other means)”,
so my concern was that that would represent an unacceptable burden on businesses. However, as I have been reassured by the Minister that that will not represent an extra, unnecessary burden, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.