(Except clauses 11, 18, 40, 43, 44 and 69 and schedule 8)
Finance Bill
9:15 am
Ivan Lewis (Economic Secretary, HM Treasury; Bury South, Labour)
On a point of order, Mr. Cook. I welcome you to the Chair this morning and thank you for your common-sense decision about the state of our clothing during the rest of our proceedings. I wish to correct the record of our sitting on Tuesday afternoon when we were discussing clause 41. The hon. Member for Rayleigh (Mr. Francois) asked me specifically about guidance on the single farm payment scheme. At the time, I inadvertently thought that the guidance had not been issued. In fact, it had been issued so it is only appropriate to place on the record the fact that it was issued on 24 June and can be found on Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs website. I hope that that information is helpful to members of the Committee. In order to be even more helpful to the hon. Gentleman, I have brought a copy of the guidance for him so that he can read it in great detail.