Part of Finance Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:00 am on 24 May 2007.
On a point of order, Mr. Illsley. Following exchanges in the Committee on Tuesday about the circulation of courtesy letters concerning amendments, the Treasury has looked into the matter and the shadow Chief Secretary has received a letter from the Chief Secretary on this matter. Our investigations show that in recent years it has not been our practice to circulate courtesy letters giving advance notice of the tabling of amendments to all members of the Committee. However, following your guidance, Mr. Illsley, we will do so in future and we have circulated all such letters for this Bill to hon. Members, both electronically and in hard copy. I regret any inconvenience that the confusion has caused you or any member of the Committee.