National Insurance Contributions Bill

That is what gives us a little ray of hope. As my hon. Friend rightly points out, in the Bill the Treasury is grabbing everything and basing it on expediency, yet the word ““necessary”” appears in the detailed terms for the commissioners. By including the commissioners in the process, as our amendment suggests, we are giving ourselves a little extra protection, through the word ““necessary””, which certainly does not exist in the Bill.