How many people in Wales benefited from the recent reduction in the additional rate of income tax.

Approximately 4,000 people in Wales pay the additional rate of income tax.

I thank the Secretary of State for that brief response. In his maiden speech as a Member of the Welsh Assembly, the right hon. Gentleman said, “We have no tax-raising powers—long may that state of affairs continue.” As someone who supported the Assembly having tax-levying powers in the 1997 referendum, I find that view extraordinary. Surely the reason he now wants income tax to be devolved to Wales is to cut public services and cut taxes for the rich.

Rather than concentrating on what I said in 2002, the hon. Lady ought to listen to what her hon. Friend Owen Smith said only last week. The Labour Government in Wales do not want income tax devolved to Wales, but the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition Government here in Westminster do.