Clause 6
Finance Bill
9:30 am
Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness, Conservative)
The hon. Gentleman said that he did not expect the measure to produce much in the way of revenue. Without an effective dynamic model with cross-party consensus on its effectiveness, we cannot know for sure what it will do. The hon. Gentleman suggested that equity made it right. If it lost the Exchequer money, would equity still trump effectiveness? At which point would he draw the line? I respect the hon. Gentleman, as do many on both sides of the House, for his integrity in dealing with these issues, but on this point he seems to be doing a number of somersaults in order to support the Government.