National Insurance Contributions Bill

I thank the noble Lord for those comments. I look forward to receiving a copy of the letter. I make the minor whinge that Ministers often send letters at the eleventh hour before the next stage of a Bill answering questions that they promised to answer at the earlier stage. Officials seem to think that noble Lords are fully staffed with personal assistants who can immediately open a letter and tell us exactly what is in it. I suspect that my letter is in the place where the mail is kept and that, unlike the one received by the noble Lord, Lord Newby, it has not been opened. We keep talking about schemes. My concern throughout is that views may change and that what did not seem to be a scheme could be portrayed as one. I will keep repeating that people now talk about the so-called abuse of the small company regime in terms which nobody every dreamt they might use when the incentives were first introduced. My concern is that we may end up with regulations and rules that were designed for clear artificial, contrived abuse being used in far less serious situations. However, I thank the Minister for his response. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.